Housing
This granny lives in a shack right next to her unfinished RDP house
Nine people live in one room
Brief | 15 April 2026
Slovo Park: a decade of winning in court, losing on the ground
After decades of struggle, residents still lack sanitation and water infrastructure
Opinion | 13 April 2026
Government plans new court bid to contain Knoflokskraal occupation
The self-proclaimed Khoisan settlement has grown to between 15,000 and 20,000 people despite a 2021 interdict
By Liezl Human
News | 8 April 2026
Life in Lesotho’s historic Kome Caves
The dwellings were occupied in the early 1800s by families fleeing the Lifaqane wars
Text by Sechaba Mokhethi. Photos by Barry Christianson.
Feature | 6 April 2026
Nigel families waiting 30 years for promised RDP homes
About 100 households still live in shacks in Alra Park while their neighbours on either side live in completed RDP houses
Brief | 2 April 2026
Salt River market families told to leave
About 21 households remain on the site earmarked for social housing
News | 1 April 2026
City of Cape Town housing project has backyarders up in arms
Ravensmead backyarders fear they are being sidelined
News | 1 April 2026
Stellenbosch backyarders demand housing on golf course
Backyarders marched to the mayor’s office on Tuesday
Brief | 25 March 2026