Housing
No one held accountable for death of man during Red Ants raid
Months after Samuel Mabunda died, police, security industry, municipality fail to account
News | 13 September 2017
Judge questions City’s plan to send Woodstock families to Wolwerivier
“If you get sent to Wolwerivier, what is the chance you will be able to get out?”
News | 12 September 2017
New home for disabled Gugulethu mother
Generous response to GroundUp’s report on Cynthia Ntunje’s plight
Brief | 12 September 2017
Title deeds: how do we fix the system?
Experts at Open Book Festival debate different approaches to dealing with property in poor neighbourhoods
News | 8 September 2017
Shackdwellers demand right to return to land
Illegal occupation will not be tolerated, says Nelson Mandela Bay municipality
Brief | 7 September 2017
Two years on, how is Wolwerivier doing?
Residents describe problems, but also some improvements
News | 7 September 2017
Dead dogs, dirty nappies, old food: rubbish piles up in Marikana
City says land is private and it therefore cannot provide a refuse service
Text by Denise Patterson. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 6 September 2017
Facts and myths about the Marikana judgment
No, it doesn’t mean we can build shacks in Sea Point and force the City to buy the land for us
Law | 5 September 2017
Hundreds of shacks demolished in Khayelitsha
Land occupiers say they will rebuild until City finds solution
By Zoe Postman and Denise Patterson
News | 5 September 2017