Housing
Smouldering discontent in Masiphumelele years after fire
Residents are dissatisfied by the ward councillor’s written response to their memorandum
Brief | 10 March 2017
New round of evictions in Wolwerivier
Residents say they live in overcrowded conditions while houses stand empty
News | 9 March 2017
Disabled 72-year-old trapped alone in her shack all day
Former domestic worker Beauty Qamata lost her legs to diabetes
News | 6 March 2017
No one must be left behind, says Blikkiesdorp committee
Residents support serviced sites in addition to houses on new land
Brief | 6 March 2017
Fed-up with waiting, residents of informal settlement sort out their own water supply
Santini community in Butterworth remain without electricity or sanitation
Brief | 3 March 2017
Gugulethu residents fight over future of Tambo Square
City wants to put in services for shack dwellers, but local residents want community facilities
News | 2 March 2017
Angry residents stone fire engines for “being late”
Phumani Village residents say firefighters arrived after the community already had control of the blaze
Brief | 1 March 2017
Grandma under siege by garbage
80-year-old endures ten years of unbearable smells, flies and rubbish
News | 27 February 2017