Housing
Judge slams Gauteng land grab
The “use of court processes and laws which are designed to protect the vulnerable is deplorable”, says Judge Denise Fisher
Law | 13 May 2025
Dunoon erupts in protest after the City of Cape Town knocks down walls in informal settlement
Residents have been replacing shacks with brick and mortar homes
News | 13 May 2025
Buffalo City wants to recover R16-million in Covid housing funds
Officials and contractors need to pay up, council resolves
By Johnnie Isaac and GroundUp Staff
News | 9 May 2025
Families in Cape Town’s squalid backyards are still waiting for promised housing project
The Greater Retreat Housing project was announced in 2018
News | 9 May 2025
Homes bulldozed in Roodepoort
City of Joburg says this is not an “eviction” but a “relocation”
News | 8 May 2025
Chaos in Flagstaff as municipality demolishes homes ‘sold’ by chief
Municipality says property is earmarked for development
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
News | 7 May 2025
District Six families must wait at least three more years to return
Government has not yet secured funding to build the houses
By Matthew Hirsch and Daniel Steyn
Feature | 6 May 2025
Langa families were moved to a “temporary” area in 2002. They are still there
Their living conditions are dire
News | 29 April 2025