Housing

KwaMashu hostel residents fed up with City’s neglect

“Sometimes I don’t even tell people where I live. I refuse to believe that there is a community allowed to live like this.”

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News | 7 September 2018

We were cheated by Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, say residents

Protests in Uitenhage over housing by relocated residents

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Brief | 6 September 2018

Expropriation from the poor

Reblocking of informal settlements can be development in reverse, argues Jared Sacks

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Opinion | 6 September 2018

We will not be intimidated, says Abahlali leader

Activists defy persistent threats in KZN

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Feature | 5 September 2018

Cape Town approves rezoning of prime property for social housing in inner city

Housing activists want 1,050 affordable apartments in the Somerset Precinct

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News | 5 September 2018

Land occupiers caught in battle between private landowner and tribal council

Ten homes bulldozed in Verulam north of Durban

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Brief | 30 August 2018

Showdown over land occupation in Brakpan looms

Eviction order is in place says councillor, but occupiers vow to resist

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Brief | 30 August 2018

How two audacious occupations are shifting the housing debate

An introduction to our series on the occupations of Helen Bowden Nurses Home and Woodstock Hospital

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GroundView | 29 August 2018

Allegations of violence at Helen Bowden Nurses Home

Residents of the occupation report that their lives are safer, but domestic violence does occur

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Feature | 29 August 2018