Housing

Hours after agreeing not to demolish shacks, eThekwini municipality sends in Land Invasion Unit

No demolitions, but residents of Khenana informal settlement say they were threatened and harassed

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News | 28 April 2020

Covid-19 lockdown bridges social divide for Durban’s homeless

Raymond Perrier of the Denis Hurley Centre says it took three days to achieve what NGOs had been trying to do for three years

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Interview | 24 April 2020

Shacks demolished in Cato Manor

“We have every right to the land and even have a court interdict protecting us from demolitions” says resident

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News | 23 April 2020

City vs shack dwellers: Occupations and demolitions escalate in Cape Town

Despite last week’s court order, new shacks are being erected next to Empolweni and the City is tearing them down.

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Photo Essay | 22 April 2020

Covid-19: 1,500 Dunoon residents to be moved by July

“We don’t want any more delays,” says Minister Sisulu

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News | 22 April 2020

Storm wreaks havoc in Vhembe district

At least 40 homes severely damaged. Families now getting help from the government

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Brief | 20 April 2020

“Politicians come and make promises that are never fulfilled” says Oudtshoorn resident

The municipality says there are plans to improve the nearly 20-year-old settlements

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News | 20 April 2020

Relocated fire victims made unwelcome by PE homeowners

“We have suffered enough in the hall and now they want to finish us off here”

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Brief | 19 April 2020

Covid-19: How a woman copes without a toilet or water

“I make my kids stay in my yard or lie in bed throughout the day”

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News | 18 April 2020

Tribunal slams province and City over River Club developments

Government accused of political posturing in support of a private developer rather than working with Heritage Western Cape

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News | 18 April 2020

Shack dwellers win court victory against City of Cape Town

Empolweni residents whose shacks were demolished during the lockdown can return to the land and rebuild

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Brief | 17 April 2020

Covid-19: Homeless in PE ask what will happen after the lockdown is lifted

“We can’t just let them go back to the streets like that” says social development MEC

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News | 17 April 2020

Covid-19: People seek shelter at church after City demolishes shacks in Khayelitsha

Residents say they are unable to rebuild their shacks and unable to return to their former backyards

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News | 15 April 2020

Covid-19: The Strandfontein Relocation Camp is a test of our morality as a city

Thousands of Capetonians object to the way the City is treating homeless people during the lockdown

Opinion | 14 April 2020

City officers shoot at Khayelitsha protesters

Conflict over how to respond to land occupation during lockdown intensifies

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News | 12 April 2020

Activists and Cape Town law enforcement clash in Khayelitsha

Dispute over shack demolitions during Covid-19 lockdown escalates

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Brief | 11 April 2020