Housing

Protesters shut down parts of Cape Town during peak hours

The City says it cannot accommodate new informal settlements in its current budget

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News | 23 March 2021

Shack dwellers clash over illegal electricity

Ward councillor and residents blame community leaders for allowing more people to move in, resulting in overcrowding

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News | 23 March 2021

Gqeberha communities march on councillor’s office

They say he is neglecting his duty but councillor believes actions against him are “politically motivated”

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News | 23 March 2021

Farm workers say they have nothing to celebrate on Human Rights Day

Illegal evictions of farm dwellers on the rise, says union

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News | 23 March 2021

Violent clashes in Masiphumelele over future of sportsfield

The City wants to build temporary houses on it but as one resident says, “To the City, temporary can be 25 years.”

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News | 18 March 2021

Shack dweller Nikiwe Sipenuka has no feet and no hands. She has been waiting for a house for years

Unclear why provincial government has not prioritised her house

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News | 17 March 2021

Historic pub faces eviction by South African army, say owners

The beautiful stone pub has underground passages where mine workers used to train

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News | 16 March 2021

Where will the children play? Masiphumelele youths disrupt housing project

They say the field on which the temporary houses are being built is the only one they can use

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News | 11 March 2021

Cape Town residents clean up after first rains

Some Mfuleni residents spent Wednesday morning clearing their waterlogged homes

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Photo Essay | 11 March 2021

Demand for police to investigate torture allegations against SANDF

“We have been living in fear because both the police and army are failing to protect us”

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News | 5 March 2021

Pothole users get water

Shack dwellers that used a flooded pothole to bathe their children now have clean water supply

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Brief | 5 March 2021

Temporary housing material worth R4m left unused since 2018

The materials will now be returned to the intended community

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Brief | 4 March 2021

Protesters occupy Housing Development Agency

They are demanding money for rent while their homes are being rebuilt

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News | 3 March 2021

Activists oppose bid to survey Woodstock Hospital occupiers

Case to be heard in High Court in April

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News | 1 March 2021

Wolwerivier five years on: “We’re as desperate as the day we moved in”

It’s frustrating how little has changed in this “incremental development area”, say residents

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Feature | 1 March 2021

Mother loses two children and friend in Crossroads fire

In a separate fire, 14 families are still battling to rebuild their homes that burnt down in Philippi

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News | 26 February 2021