Housing
Councillor’s office set ablaze by people whose shacks were demolished
Violence is the language the government understands, says land occupier
News | 12 June 2018
Illegal electricity connections are our only option, say shack-dwellers
“We know how dangerous these cables are”
By Chris Gilili
News | 12 June 2018
Still no solution for Wembley Stadium families
Families living in tents one year after evictions
By Zoë Postman
News | 11 June 2018
Khayelitsha residents destroy shack in xenophobic attack
“People destroyed my shack and took everything. They say they don’t want a kwere kwere to stay here.”
By Vincent Lali
News | 11 June 2018
City commits to accommodating Maynard Street tenants
“There will be no evictions” says councillor
By Aidan Jones
News | 8 June 2018
Shacks destroyed as fire services arrive late
Residents say cooking accident started blaze
News | 7 June 2018
Gugulethu man blames City contractors for his crooked house
Mzwandile Mvumvu believes his house collapsed after work was done on sewage pipes outside
News | 7 June 2018
Expropriating land without compensation: shack-dwellers have their say
“People just want decent homes. They are not asking for palaces.”
News | 5 June 2018
Protests close down Cape Town business district
Westlake marchers walk 8km to councillor’s office demanding housing
By Thembela Ntongana and Bernard Chiguvare
News | 4 June 2018