We spoke to residents of Johannesburg’s Bree Street after Wednesday’s underground explosion. They complained about the lack of information from authorities and they are uncertain if they will have to evacuate.
Video | 20 July 2023
KwaDukuza Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal has agreed to include over 300 households from the settlement in a new housing project
News | 20 July 2023
City says it has made more than 32,000 square metres of land available but there are challenges, including “hijacking” of buildings
News | 19 July 2023
She and scores of others have been living in a community hall since February when floods destroyed their shacks in Tshwane
News | 19 July 2023
Shack dwellers and backyarders say their living conditions are unbearable
Brief | 17 July 2023
One man died in the blaze early on Sunday morning
Brief | 17 July 2023
Protesters want former Tafelberg crèche to be used for a community centre instead
News | 17 July 2023
Fraud accused in 2020 Talana construction case still to be brought to court
News | 12 July 2023
Auditor-General recently revealed that KwaZulu-Natal only spent R251-million of the R5.8-billion budget allocated in the aftermath of the 2022 floods
News | 12 July 2023
Oyama Meje and two adults died on Sunday night in Phola Park informal settlement fire
News | 10 July 2023
SAPS says the shooting was not related to a protest by shack dwellers from Taiwan settlement in Khayelitsha
By Vincent Lali
News | 6 July 2023
Fire destroys 50 homes, leaving families in the biting cold
Brief | 6 July 2023
Some Inanda families lost all their possessions and their homes
Brief | 5 July 2023
Planning tribunal gives the go-ahead
News | 5 July 2023
Leeuwfontein has been developed without subdivision or approval by local authorities. Now residents want services
News | 5 July 2023