Housing
Hundreds of people stake out plots for houses on empty land in Nelson Mandela Bay
Municipality says it will move against them
News | 20 March 2024
Housing activists frustrated by President Ramaphosa’s six-month silence on public land act
They have been demanding that government use the State Land Disposal Act of 1961 to rapidly free up land for housing
Brief | 18 March 2024
Thousands of people still living on Cape Town’s Central Line
This is in addition to the hundreds of families in shacks who were relocated from the railway line in Philippi in December
News | 14 March 2024
Joburg mayor snubs Diepkloof Hostel to deal with water crisis
People living in crumbling homes accuse the mayor of disrespecting them
News | 13 March 2024
Women’s hostel two-week blackout blamed on strike in eThekwini
Five women from Thokoza Hostel were arrested on Tuesday after protesting to get the electricity restored
Brief | 13 March 2024
Blikkiesdorp community protest after years of waiting for houses
They say their structures are falling apart and the area has become unliveable
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 8 March 2024
In photos: Cape Town’s apartheid-era flats
More than R1.2-billion has been allocated over the next three years to maintain these blocks
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 8 March 2024
Wits students stage ‘sleepover’ protests
The university says its made 530 emergency beds available and has reopened applications to on-campus residences
News | 6 March 2024
Three people in hospital with serious burns after Dunoon shack fires
At least 200 people were left homeless after two fires at the weekend
Brief | 5 March 2024