Housing
Activists start occupation to demand social housing
Premier Helen Zille says action is “less than honest”
By Ashleigh Furlong and Ashraf Hendricks
News | 27 March 2017
Shack fire claims life of 28-year-old
GroundUp reporter Sabelo Mpana was at the scene
By Sabelo Mpana
Brief | 27 March 2017
School books and uniforms taken by sheriff in shack demolition
“It is becoming difficult to explain our situation to school teachers because this is the third time,” says 15-year-old
News | 27 March 2017
Sewage “spilling continuously” into Butterworth river
Residents and livestock suffer while year-old leak is unfixed
News | 27 March 2017
Housing activists occupy state-owned buildings near Cape Town centre
Civil disobedience action follows provincial government’s decision not to build social housing on Tafelberg property in Sea Point
News | 27 March 2017
Paarl families living in apartheid hostels
Some residents have been waiting since the 1980s and 90s to convert their accommodation to family units
By Sabelo Mpana
News | 24 March 2017
Fire victims in Imizamo Yethu agree to halt rebuilding
Residents want City to explain re-blocking plans on site
News | 24 March 2017
Activists vow to continue fight for Tafelberg site
Campaigners sceptical of Province’s commitment to social housing on Woodstock and Waterfront sites
Brief | 24 March 2017
Tafelberg sale to proceed: no social housing
Reclaim the City slams the Western Cape government decision
News | 22 March 2017