Housing
Rats, cockroaches, rubbish: life in an abandoned apartheid hostel
The 34-roomed dome building has been abandoned for about 20 years and no one has taken responsibility for fixing it
Brief | 9 February 2023
Man dragged naked from his shack sues City of Cape Town for R1.4m
Launch of campaign to “expose law enforcement brutality”
News | 8 February 2023
University asks NSFAS to scrap cap on accommodation allowance
Pretoria students say they will struggle to find lodgings
Brief | 8 February 2023
Corruption blamed for ten-year delay in service delivery in Tshwane settlement
Councillor says the area first has to be rezoned
By Chris Gilili
News | 7 February 2023
Appeal Court finds Cape Town’s emergency housing programme is not unconstitutional
Although it overturned the High Court ruling, the SCA granted the same relief
Law | 6 February 2023
“We are living in a pool of sewage” says Joburg resident
Hillbrow’s Chelsea House is in a state of collapse
News | 6 February 2023
Gqeberha shack dwellers demand houses after waiting 24 years
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality promises serviced sites
News | 3 February 2023
Man who was dragged naked from his shack to sue City of Cape Town
“[They] treated me like a dog” says Bulelani Qolani
News | 2 February 2023
Protesters block main road in Cape Town, demanding electricity
“Councillors fool us during election campaigns”
By Vincent Lali
News | 31 January 2023