Housing
Backyarder programme doesn’t go far enough, say Bellville South residents
Residents complain of living conditions in spite of City of Cape Town upgrade
News | 25 August 2017
Cape Town skyscraper to include “affordable” apartments - at R800,000 each
Buyers would have to earn at least R25,000 a month
News | 25 August 2017
PE deputy mayor breaks ranks on land occupation
Bobani tells residents the municipality was wrong
News | 23 August 2017
Clashes in Khayelitsha following land occupation
“I have no source of income because I’m jobless but I have to pay R500 to my landlord monthly”
By Vincent Lali, Mary-Anne Gontsana and Thembela Ntongana
News | 21 August 2017
Activists suspect security company of attacking them
“Leave this building, you cannot stay here. This building doesn’t belong to you!”
By Zoe Postman
News | 21 August 2017
Hangberg residents protest for better living conditions
Demonstration started when community learnt that about R100 million was being spent on nearby informal settlement
Text by Sune Payne. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Brief | 18 August 2017
Blind and diabetic in a cold little shack
Gugulethu woman tries to get by on R350 a month
News | 17 August 2017
Blaze leaves dozens of girls unable to attend school
Gamble Street Secondary School appeals for assistance
Brief | 16 August 2017
R60bn Constitutional Court case against banks
Applicants want criminal investigation into bank executives
By Ciaran Ryan
News | 16 August 2017