Housing
Masiphumelele residents march to Fish Hoek to demand better living conditions
Protesters call on municipality to provide electricity and sanitation to everyone living in the township’s informal settlement
News | 14 February 2017
City asks court to order national government to compensate land owners
Human Settlements lawyer says that granting the court application by Marikana residents would have “dire and far reaching consequences”
News | 14 February 2017
Marikana lawyer calls for state to expropriate land
SAPS lawyer says it isn’t possible to arrest the informal settlement’s 60,000 residents
News | 12 February 2017
Soweto man in court for trespassing in his own home
Solomon Nhlapo’s house was auctioned for R100 by Nedbank in 2014
By Ciaran Ryan
News | 10 February 2017
Landmark Marikana case begins: 60,000 people’s homes at stake
City asked to buy or expropriate land occupied in Philippi East
News | 8 February 2017
Families living next to “toxic” mine dump relocated
Residents moved to new RDP homes
By Barbara Maregele and Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 6 February 2017
Move to make way for mine turns sour for Northern Cape residents
Dozens of families that relocated from Dingleton to Siyathemba thought they would be better off
Text by Ashleigh Furlong. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 3 February 2017
Judge urged to visit Wolwerivier
Court hearing on Bromwell Street residents ends
News | 1 February 2017
Building rules and regulations work against Cape Town’s poor
We must challenge planning and land use management if we want a more equal city
Opinion | 1 February 2017