Housing
Concern about City’s plan for Woodstock Hospital
Public comment period on proposed sale closes on 31 January
By Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch
News | 23 January 2025
Protesters block N2 for hours at Grabouw
They demanded sanitation and water
By Liezl Human
Brief | 15 January 2025
Concourt win for Cape Town residents facing eviction
Court tells City to provide Bromwell Street residents with temporary emergency accommodation in the inner city as close to their current homes as possible
Law | 20 December 2024
Life is tough in Tin Town
“When it is raining, we spend our nights standing up”
Brief | 2 December 2024
Hundreds left homeless after shack fire at one of Durban’s oldest informal settlements
About 150 shacks at Kenville informal settlement were gutted on Wednesday afternoon
Brief | 28 November 2024
Durban families abandoned in 2010 World Cup transit camp
The eThekwini municipality says there is no budget to help residents of Zamani transit camp
Brief | 28 November 2024
Homeless man’s struggle to keep his beloved dogs
The City of Cape Town has told Clayton Smith to leave De Waal Park where he has lived for 13 years
News | 28 November 2024
Brightly coloured double-storey homes replace shacks in Khayelitsha
The Urban Think Tank Empower project has been in the works for about ten years
News | 27 November 2024
In photos: turning rubbish dumps into gardens in Upington
“It is the love of nature that keeps us going”
By Liezl Human
Photo Essay | 27 November 2024