Housing
Activists protest at City of Cape Town auction
Hazel Matipa’s New Church Street house was one of several properties on the same ERF which fetched a total for R13.5-million
News | 24 November 2023
City of Cape Town calls off Maynard Street house auction
Ndifuna Ukwazi welcomes decision
News | 23 November 2023
Protest by people left homeless by Durban fire
Human settlements MEC promised them building materials
Brief | 22 November 2023
New housing project in Simon’s Town leaves backyarders and tenants in limbo
Shacks are being demolished as families move from Redhill to new houses in Dido Valley
News | 22 November 2023
Mandela Park shacks petrol-bombed
This is the latest in a series of attacks on this group of land occupiers since August
By Vincent Lali
News | 21 November 2023
Farm worker family evicted, belongings dumped on the side of the road
“I am broken” says Jan Marthinus, in tears after his family was left homeless
News | 20 November 2023
Hundreds homeless after shack fire rips through Durban settlement
MEC for Human Settlements promises to fast-track assistance
Brief | 17 November 2023
Teenager’s drowning highlights broken promises in Kliptown
Families living in crumbling houses near the river bank say Gauteng government promised to relocate them years ago
News | 17 November 2023
Spoekiesdorp families haunted by past evictions and uncertain future
“Many of us are here because we were evicted from farms. We were dumped here”
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 17 November 2023