Give us houses, Ekurhuleni municipality told
News | 4 June 2024
They claim they should be allowed to move into the houses. But the municipality says they’re not the rightful beneficiaries.
Brief | 1 June 2024
Madiba Park families still in limbo five years after protests
News | 30 May 2024
Some have lived in “Oya Town” near Maitland Station for eight years
Photo Essay | 28 May 2024
“We have been patient for a long time” says protest leader
Brief | 24 May 2024
Protesters and City in dispute over housing project
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 24 May 2024
The occupiers are mostly backyarders and tenants who say they could no longer afford to pay rent or buy a house. They have been clearing the open field for a week now.
News | 24 May 2024
They are angry that refugees living in a tent on the same land have toilets and water, but they do not
Brief | 22 May 2024
New housing development will not only be for the backyarders, says the City
News | 22 May 2024
After 13 years in a “transit camp”, Ntuzuma flood victims are afraid they’ll die there
News | 22 May 2024
Public comment closes Wednesday
By GroundUp Staff and Matthew Hirsch
News | 21 May 2024
City says the land is private and is not in the process of being formalised
Brief | 21 May 2024
Site to be used for 1,000 affordable housing units
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 21 May 2024
There are more than 300 shacks in Havelock next to the formal suburb of Greenwood Park
News | 17 May 2024
Hundreds come to central Durban to hand over memo to Premier’s office
Brief | 15 May 2024
Shackdwellers say they’ll keep rebuilding because they have nowhere else to go
News | 14 May 2024