Housing
Joburg building fire survivors demand better housing after their settlement floods
“As if what we already went through wasn’t enough, the government goes on to move us to this dreadful settlement” says fire survivor
News | 11 January 2024
Gang extorts money from people occupying government flats
Gauteng Department of Human Settlements heads to court to evict the occupiers
News | 11 January 2024
Ladysmith flood victims want more help from government
Death toll since December is at 24
Brief | 9 January 2024
81-year-old Mthatha widow waiting two decades for her house
Ndenzeni Njwenene first applied in 1999
News | 12 December 2023
Metrorail shack dwellers moved, but to a place without toilets or water
First families moved off Central Line railway tracks
News | 8 December 2023
One child dead and several people injured in Bloemfontein storm
Hundreds of people in Phase 6 location lost most of their belongings and now have to rebuild their homes
Brief | 8 December 2023
“Xenophobic” Makhubela should not be part of Joburg fire inquiry, say activists
Picket outside Commission of Inquiry into Albert Street fire
News | 5 December 2023
More than 100 homes destroyed in Philippi weekend blaze
No fatalities but 362 people left to rebuild from the ashes
Brief | 4 December 2023
Free State shack dwellers march for land rights
They threatened to shut down the N8 Highway if the mayor ignores their demands
Brief | 4 December 2023