Housing
25-year-old informal settlement still lacks basic services
GPO residents voted ANC because they believed their relocation would be delayed if they didn’t, says resident Thozama Nyathela. “We were only being fed empty promises.”
Brief | 29 June 2023
Dozens of homes destroyed by tornado in Inanda
Human Settlements Minister promises that professional engineers will properly assess the damaged homes
News | 28 June 2023
Khayelitsha residents fed up with years of delays in housing project
Planning for the Taiwan informal settlement upgrade started in August 2018 and construction of 4,500 “housing opportunities” will only begin next year
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 27 June 2023
Under water for two weeks: Cape Town’s Covid informal settlement
Residents fear disease could break out from the human waste in the water
News | 26 June 2023
Here people collect coal dust to cook and stay warm
“What is the use of being climate conscious because this duff coal is like gold to us”
News | 26 June 2023
Taps not tankers say land occupiers in Cape Town
“We are wary of using water from the tankers because of what happened in Hammanskraal”
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 23 June 2023
There’s a way to sort out lighting in informal settlements
Solar powered public lights are better than high-mast lights, collaborative Cape Town project suggests
Opinion | 23 June 2023
Families here relieve themselves in plastic bags which they throw into the drains
In Lusaka informal settlement in Cape Town there are not enough toilets, drains are blocked, and there is a terrible stench
By Chris Gilili
News | 22 June 2023
Rural Eastern Cape flood victims left to fend for themselves
The homes of 25 families were destroyed in December 2022. They have received no help to date
News | 21 June 2023