Housing
Libertas Flats in Parow are a human pig sty
On Thursday morning I went to see Libertas Flats in Klosser Street, Parow. This block is a human pig sty. It is filthy and stinks. There are leaking ceilings and walls that seem to have been painted a century ago. Many flats are without water and electricity.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 6 February 2013
Boystown residents protest over housing corruption allegations
Residents burned tyres at Boystown near Crossroads in Nyanga. They complained that houses were being built without knowledge of who is going to receive them.
Mihle Pike
News | 6 February 2013
After the fire
Families are affected by township fires. We follow the lives of these individuals as they recount their tragic stories and how they have picked up the pieces and moved on with their lives.
Chume Ntuli and Buchule Putini
News | 30 January 2013
Crossroads residents burn tyres in housing protest
BREAKING NEWS: This morning, residents of Crossroads protested and burned tyres in protest against a housing project.
GroundUp Staff
Brief | 23 January 2013
BM fire victims to be moved to Mfuleni
Fire left about 800 households destitute on new years day in BM Section, Khayelitsha. Many of these families are sheltering at the O.R Tambo hall a short distance from the scene of the fire.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 23 January 2013
New Delft low-cost housing development - but some residents oppose it
The City has started a new low-cost "RDP" housing project called Breaking New Ground in Roosendal in Delft. But some Delft community members oppose it.
Janine Fortuin
News | 23 January 2013
Leaders AWOL after Khayelitsha fire
Charred ruins of beds, microwaves, washing machines, fridges, corrugated iron, asbestos and other shack building materials are strewn across the BM section of Khayelitsha.
Nathan Geffen
News | 3 January 2013
Nyanga woman is fighting to get her Eastern Cape family home back
52 year old Portia Mahlatshana from Nyanga is fighting to get her home back.
Tessa Gooding
News | 19 December 2012
Golden Arrow bus crashes into shack
Here are photographs of a Golden Arrow bus that crashed into and destroyed someone's shack on Mew Way Road, Khayelitsha.
Nokubonga Yawa
Brief | 28 November 2012