Housing

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Klipheuwel’s creche gets by on very little

It's a shack with no toys, but it offers an important community service for working parents

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News | 22 February 2016

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Will Wolwerivier improve soon?

Residents frustrated with communication and security problems

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News | 19 February 2016

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UCT Students protest against accommodation shortage

Administration says it is short of 700 beds

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News | 15 February 2016

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Outsmarting shack fires

Four fires a day are reported in informal settlements. Reblocking might curb the devastation.

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News | 12 February 2016

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Klipheuwel residents insist destroyed shacks were occupied

City of Cape Town and residents contradict each other

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News | 12 February 2016

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Shacks demolished by City were not unoccupied

Residents dispute City statement on shack removals in Masiphumelele

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News | 10 February 2016

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Calls to halt sale of prime city land

Civil society organisations and Western Cape Province clash over four inner city properties

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News | 8 February 2016

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Dozens of fire victims still destitute in Masiphumelele

“No number” residents fear they will never get a house

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News | 4 February 2016

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City says “a few individuals” blocked the Mfuleni housing project

Resources allocated to other areas

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News | 3 February 2016