Housing
Over 1,000 shack dwellers displaced by Tongaat tornado
People are being housed in three large tents
Brief | 6 June 2024
Boksburg families refuse to move to serviced sites
Give us houses, Ekurhuleni municipality told
News | 4 June 2024
Protesters dump faeces at newly built houses in Kariega
They claim they should be allowed to move into the houses. But the municipality says they’re not the rightful beneficiaries.
Brief | 1 June 2024
Conditions in Greyton settlement worsen as land restitution process drags on
Madiba Park families still in limbo five years after protests
News | 30 May 2024
Families fear eviction from old train yard
Some have lived in “Oya Town” near Maitland Station for eight years
Photo Essay | 28 May 2024
Kariega residents sick of living next to 300 vandalised toilets protest
“We have been patient for a long time” says protest leader
Brief | 24 May 2024
Rubber bullets versus stones at Blikkiesdorp protest
Protesters and City in dispute over housing project
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 24 May 2024
Councillor denies giving people permission to occupy land in Johannesburg
The occupiers are mostly backyarders and tenants who say they could no longer afford to pay rent or buy a house. They have been clearing the open field for a week now.
News | 24 May 2024
Cape Town protesters block busy road, demanding services
They are angry that refugees living in a tent on the same land have toilets and water, but they do not
Brief | 22 May 2024