Housing
Court declares eviction of Nigel RDP occupiers unlawful
The occupiers demand alternative accommodation be provided
Brief | 3 March 2023
Evicted in the morning, 2,000 Nigel RDP occupiers move back in by evening
High Court ordered a stay of eviction after Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department put 500 families out on the street
News | 3 March 2023
Evicted waste pickers win in court
Company must rebuild homes of the “Airfield Community” on land near Waterkloof base
Law | 3 March 2023
Cape Town is removing homeless people from the street. This is what the City is offering instead
Mayor promises R230-million over the next three years to help homeless residents. But will there be enough space?
News | 2 March 2023
Rubber bullets fired as over 2,000 people evicted from Nigel housing occupation
Lawyers for the occupiers have subsequently secured a stay of the eviction order in the Gauteng High Court
News | 28 February 2023
Coffee Bay Flood: Man tells how he survived by grabbing tree
Eight confirmed dead. Search for two missing people continues.
News | 24 February 2023
Komani flood victims spend the night on the roofs of their shacks
Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality says 227 emergency housing units will be erected within two weeks.
News | 22 February 2023
Cape Town is moving people off the streets. We asked homeless residents what they thought
“We are also part of the community,” says Nathan Ludick, who lives in Virginia Avenue Park
Photo Essay | 22 February 2023
Supreme Court of Appeal reserves judgment in Tafelberg matter
“At the heart of the matter is the government’s obligations to promote equitable access to land and to redress spatial apartheid” says housing activist
Law | 20 February 2023