Housing

Devastating floods wreak havoc in eThekwini

Houses collapse in Ntuzuma north of Durban

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News | 12 April 2022

Diep River floodplain families will fight eviction

The City of Cape Town has started an eviction process now that the moratorium has lifted with the end of the State of Disaster

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News | 12 April 2022

Protesters say poor people excluded from housing indaba

Demonstrations outside and inside convention centre at Cape Town launch of land release programme

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News | 8 April 2022

Court stops municipality evicting single mother whose child has special needs

It would not be ā€œjust and equitableā€ to evict her, says magistrate

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Law | 6 April 2022

Not much sign of ā€œhouses, security and comfortā€ where the Freedom Charter was signed

Behind Walter Sisulu Square are crumbling houses and crowded informal settlements

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Feature | 5 April 2022

Cape Town to give an additional R10-million to shelters

Human Rights Commission urges city to move away from ā€˜us and them’ mentality when it comes to homelessness

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News | 4 April 2022

Over 3,000 people in Madibeng face eviction

Occupiers to oppose their removal in court on 26 May

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News | 3 April 2022

City-run hostel has been hijacked by criminals

City of Johannesburg blames the deplorable state of the building on frequent incidents of vandalism and theft

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News | 29 March 2022

ā€œWe have nowhere to goā€ say Mamelodi occupiers as eviction looms

Gauteng Department of Human Settlements have obtained a court order to evict occupants of government-owned apartments

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News | 28 March 2022

Eviction orders not in line with Constitution, says legal organisation

The Socio-Economic Rights Institute says that Johannesburg’s Central Magistrate’s Court is often not applying the relevant laws

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Law | 25 March 2022

Eviction looms for families living in former panelbeaters’ building in Tshwane

City plans to evict residents of MeatKing

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Photo Essay | 25 March 2022

Cape Town suburb tries new approach to homelessness

The Devil’s Peak Vredehoek Outreach programme takes a new look at a chronic problem

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News | 24 March 2022

Eight dirty toilets for 1,000 people in Tshwane settlement

Residents of Baghdad settlement in Salvokop go to the church for water and to the tavern to use the toilet

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News | 23 March 2022

Protesters enter Khayelitsha Magistrates Court

Residents want the court to stop issuing eviction orders

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News | 17 March 2022

IPID to probe Durban police after two people shot in a week

Housing movement Abahlali BaseMjondolo blames police for the death of the latest victim

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News | 15 March 2022