Housing
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
City of Cape Town backtracks on housing agreement with Mfuleni backyarders
New housing development will not only be for the backyarders, says the City
News | 22 May 2024
“You have no idea how difficult it is to get a coffin inside the camp”
After 13 years in a “transit camp”, Ntuzuma flood victims are afraid they’ll die there
News | 22 May 2024
Deadline for comment on City of Cape Town’s new homeless strategy
Public comment closes Wednesday
By GroundUp Staff and Matthew Hirsch
News | 21 May 2024
Tshwane abandons Marry Me settlement: Broken promises leave 450 families in limbo
City says the land is private and is not in the process of being formalised
Brief | 21 May 2024
Last four traders at Salt River Market to fight their eviction
Site to be used for 1,000 affordable housing units
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 21 May 2024
Ratepayers block plans to upgrade informal settlement in eThekwini
There are more than 300 shacks in Havelock next to the formal suburb of Greenwood Park
News | 17 May 2024