Housing

Youngsters eke out a living carrying water for residents

Too hungry to stay in school, brothers dropped out in grade six

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News | 4 July 2022

Six children and two adults die in Cape Town shack fires

Three fires in West Bank, Nyanga and Philippi also left scores of people homeless

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News | 4 July 2022

Delft residents march to Premier Winde’s office

“We have been staying in Tsunami for 15 years, but we still don’t have electricity”

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Brief | 1 July 2022

Shack dwellers call for their settlements to be recognised

Mfuleni residents march to Cape Town Civic Centre

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Brief | 30 June 2022

Crucial housing judgment still outstanding after 16 months. Judiciary has failed to explain why

Fate of farm dweller facing eviction still in limbo

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Brief | 30 June 2022

Marikana families remain in the dark five years after landmark ruling

City of Cape Town says its still in the process of buying the parcels of land where about 40,000 people live in Philippi East

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News | 23 June 2022

Surviving from a Pretoria rubbish dump

“It’s painful the way we live but we’re glad to be closer to the landfill” explains waste picker

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News | 21 June 2022

Police clash with occupiers of Cape Town nature reserve

Residents of Covid informal settlement want CapeNature to help them find new land, but CapeNature says it is not their responsibility

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News | 21 June 2022

Khayelitsha residents shelter in churches after non-stop rain

Hundreds need blankets and food as they are cold and hungry

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Brief | 15 June 2022

Flood “washes away” shacks in Cape Town nature reserve

Clean up operations underway across city on Wednesday morning

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News | 15 June 2022

In photos: Cape of floods

City residents battle cold and rain as a heavy storm hits Cape Town

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Photo Essay | 14 June 2022

Cape Town housing project brought to a halt in protest over jobs

Delft residents demand work on Symphony Way project

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News | 9 June 2022

Some Durban flood victims have been moved four times

About 100 households living at a transit camp in Lamontville have been uprooted several times

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Brief | 8 June 2022

Plan to create “Khoisan Orania” in Grabouw

Western Cape High Court to decide fate of Knoflokskraal

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Feature | 3 June 2022

Families living in Cape Town nature reserve told to move

Future of Driftsands Nature Reserve uncertain

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News | 3 June 2022

Swartland town’s beacon of hope

Activist Sarah Fabie runs her own advice office

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News | 26 May 2022