Housing
300 toilets without houses after five years
Uitenhage housing beneficiaries were moved to the toilets a year ago
Brief | 12 July 2018
Housing protest in Pietermaritzburg leaves residents in the dark
Protesters burn electricity transformers and block roads in Copesville
Brief | 11 July 2018
Rusape residents refuse to pay rates until they get services
Councillor blames Zimbabwe’s struggling economy for lack of funds
Brief | 11 July 2018
After the grape season ended, my landlord cast me out
Homeless seasonal grape pickers continue to occupy Kraaifontein land
By Vincent Lali
News | 11 July 2018
More than 80 families use one toilet
The families living in the temporary shelters in Braelyn were moved there after their shacks burnt down in 2013
By Chris Gilili
News | 11 July 2018
Parkwood families await repairs to fire-ravaged council flats
Two council units in Parkwood burnt down in May and June. Residents were given containers to live in
News | 10 July 2018
Khayelitsha fire victims still struggling for decent housing
TRA residents have been waiting five years for relief
News | 10 July 2018
Hundreds flock to occupy municipal land in Pietermaritzburg
Msunduzi municipality says it has an interdict preventing anyone from building on the land which is earmarked for housing
News | 10 July 2018
How Bo-Kaap’s rising property prices are threatening a community
But many of the neighbourhood’s cash-poor, asset-rich homeowners are resisting the temptation to sell
Text by Aidan Jones. Photos by Barry Christianson.
Feature | 9 July 2018