Housing

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Tensions brew between coloured and black communities in Nigel over housing occupation

“Our government has succeeded in dividing us as a people because we are now fighting against each other because of the mess it created”

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News | 24 March 2023

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Nearly a year after the floods, eThekwini villagers are still hoping for help

Inanda families say they are being ignored

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News | 24 March 2023

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Protesters block roads in Dunoon with burning tyres and rubble

Anger over City of Cape Town demolishing and confiscating material of “unoccupied” shacks since Saturday

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Brief | 22 March 2023

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No water, electricity or toilets for 280 families in Khayelitsha informal settlement

Residents say they have lived without basic services for three years

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News | 20 March 2023

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Nearly 600 families at a temporary relocation area in Durban share eight toilets

eThekwini Municipality says its water and sanitation unit is busy with repairs

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News | 17 March 2023

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After decades living in council flats, tenants want title deeds

Elderly residents of Nigel’s Alra Park say they were on the housing list but were allocated rental flats. Now they want ownership

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News | 16 March 2023

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Asbestos found in old hospital intended for homeless shelter

A new site in Zonnebloem in Cape Town has been identified instead of the Robbie Nurock Day Hospital

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News | 15 March 2023

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Cape Town’s notorious unfinished freeway finally gives way to Foreshore development

After 40 years the provincial government has relinquished a road reserve it kept for the freeway that was never built

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News | 9 March 2023

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No money for water and toilets at Khoisan occupation, MPs told

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, which owns the land, plans to have a meeting with the community later this month

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News | 8 March 2023

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Clean newly formed settlements, demand shack dwellers

Only 16 of the 36 new occupations established following the outbreak of Covid have been recognised, says Khayelitsha subcouncil chairman

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Brief | 6 March 2023

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Court declares eviction of Nigel RDP occupiers unlawful

The occupiers demand alternative accommodation be provided

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Brief | 3 March 2023

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Evicted in the morning, 2,000 Nigel RDP occupiers move back in by evening

High Court ordered a stay of eviction after Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department put 500 families out on the street

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News | 3 March 2023

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Evicted waste pickers win in court

Company must rebuild homes of the “Airfield Community” on land near Waterkloof base

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Law | 3 March 2023

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Cape Town is removing homeless people from the street. This is what the City is offering instead

Mayor promises R230-million over the next three years to help homeless residents. But will there be enough space?

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News | 2 March 2023

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Rubber bullets fired as over 2,000 people evicted from Nigel housing occupation

Lawyers for the occupiers have subsequently secured a stay of the eviction order in the Gauteng High Court

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News | 28 February 2023

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Coffee Bay Flood: Man tells how he survived by grabbing tree

Eight confirmed dead. Search for two missing people continues.

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News | 24 February 2023