Housing
Are resident associations being captured by the property industry?
Sea Point shows how developers use these organisations to advance their own interests
By Gavin Silber and Sarita Pillay
Analysis | 14 March 2018
Court orders Brett Herron to explain emergency housing options
City officials to visit Wolwerivier with activists this weekend
News | 13 March 2018
New land occupation in Kraaifontein
93 families say they wish to establish a crime free informal settlement for themselves
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 13 March 2018
Hundreds lose their homes in Cape Town fire
Doornbach informal settlement hit by early morning blaze
Brief | 13 March 2018
Woodstock residents shocked by prospect of life in Wolwerivier
Community warns of conflict if more people relocated to overcrowded settlement
News | 13 March 2018
We need bowling greens and golf courses for affordable housing
How can a parking lot that is empty for 18 hours a day be a better land use than a home?
Opinion | 12 March 2018
City removes 182 shacks in Khayelitsha
Some residents squeezed new structures among existing homes in Msindweni informal settlement
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 12 March 2018
Freight trains stopped for weeks as backyarders fight for land in Dunoon
“We need land to build shacks. If we demand houses we are going to wait till we are old and frail.”
News | 10 March 2018
Dire need for housing is South Africa’s biggest challenge
We are on track to exceed our targets for the delivery of houses in Cape Town for the current financial year
By Brett Herron
Opinion | 8 March 2018