Housing
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
Disabled immigrants evicted from Joburg building by Operation Dudula
“Everything was lost during the eviction. Now I sleep with my children in a room with many others” says mother
News | 16 February 2023
“The clothes we are wearing is all we have left,” says flood victim
About 60 people in Diepsloot are homeless following flash flooding on Tuesday night
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 16 February 2023
Many Komani shack dwellers dare not move to safety despite floods
The low-lying informal settlement of Silvertown has been under water since Wednesday
Brief | 10 February 2023
Community blames loadshedding for fire that left 300 people homeless
City says no evidence points to loadshedding as a cause for the blaze but cautions residents to switch off appliances during these times.
Brief | 10 February 2023
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