Housing

Photo of a family

Residents have to stay in shacks after state fails to pay contractors

Standoff between Housing Development Agency, Department of Human Settlements and contractors leaves Chatty residents with unfinished homes

By

News | 24 February 2017

Photo of a young man sitting in a demolished shack

Andile Jadu is only 21 and his home has already been demolished four times

A look at the human and financial cost for one young man of City shack demolitions

By

News | 24 February 2017

Graphic of proposed Bo-Kaap development

Cape Town residents concerned about “development at all costs” approach

Mayor dismisses accusations

By

News | 21 February 2017

Photo of Bo Kaap

De Lille threatens to sue professor over Bo-Kaap spat

Fabio Todeschini accuses mayor of causing “crass development-at-all-costs culture”

By

News | 20 February 2017

Photo of some kids and behind them shacks

Land Claims Court halts eviction of 2,000 people in Kempton Park

Some residents have been on the land since 1958

By

Law | 17 February 2017

Photo of open land

Bongiwe Ninini’s murder shines a light on inequality

Field in which she was dumped was supposed to be developed

By

Opinion | 17 February 2017

Photo of water flowing through Marikaa

Life in Cape Town’s most controversial informal settlement

Future of Marikana informal settlement in Philippi East in the hands of a judge

By

Photo Essay | 17 February 2017

Photo of a group of people in the veld

Qunu residents desperate to relocate

Informal settlement has no services and a road will soon be built through it

By

News | 17 February 2017

Photo of protesters

Fisantekraal residents want to build their own RDP homes

March to Parliament to protest against receiving Garden City houses

By

Brief | 15 February 2017