Housing
Red tape delays Dunoon housing project
The housing project was first announced to residents in 2018, and construction won’t be starting anytime soon
News | 11 July 2024
Army destroys shacks in Marievale, leaving families homeless
Lawyers for Human Rights plans to go to court again
News | 10 July 2024
Thousands of homes flooded as violent storm batters Western Cape
Roads closed, schools and clinics damaged, rivers burst their banks
By Sandiso Phaliso, Ashraf Hendricks and Marecia Damons
News | 9 July 2024
Kariega flood victims forced to move back to sodden land
Residents of Old Lapland informal settlement protested against returning as they fear the dam wall above them will burst
News | 9 July 2024
Butterworth families evicted by chiefs in 2011 are still waiting for promised houses
People of Bhungeni were moved to make way for a mall which has still not been built
News | 9 July 2024
City of Cape Town buys occupied Marikana land seven years after landmark ruling
Last week Eskom disconnected over 300 illegal connections in the settlement. Hours later people connected them again.
News | 8 July 2024
Last 100 Paradise Park residents in Hermanus evicted
Decade-long battle to stave off eviction comes to an end
News | 5 July 2024
Gauteng government abandons hundreds of homeless people in Tshwane shelters
Organisation that provided food and social services owed R2.9-million
By Daniel Steyn and Masego Mafata
News | 4 July 2024
Two people die as fire rips through crowded backyard in Strand
Community leader says there were 13 shacks in one yard in Nomzamo township in Cape Town
Brief | 1 July 2024