Residents are protesting against gentrification but a heritage consultant is sceptical of “nostalgia of an imagined past”
Text by Aidan Jones. Photos by Barry Christianson.
Feature | 26 June 2018
Residents accuse the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality of neglecting their informal settlement. They believe politicians only visit the area to garner votes.
By Chris Gilili
News | 25 June 2018
But the municipality, which owns the land, wants to develop it for housing
News | 22 June 2018
Company says the flats and surrounding land were earmarked for a low-cost housing project
News | 22 June 2018
Dam levels are rising and Day Zero in 2019 is unlikely, but for hundreds of thousands of people, the rains bring hardship
Photo Essay | 22 June 2018
Protestors claim ward councillor only serves ANC members
Brief | 21 June 2018
In the meanwhile, residents of RR Section in Khayelitsha use illegal connections
News | 21 June 2018
Ward councillor says land they’ve occupied was meant for development
By Chris Gilili
News | 21 June 2018
Parkwood community leaders made to promise that sites won’t be occupied before development
News | 20 June 2018