Housing

Fed-up after 20 years on a waiting list, gogo builds her own house

Gloria Matebe collected the wood to build her new home from a nearby dumpsite

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News | 17 January 2020

Bonnytoun residents ignored by City of Cape Town

“We will not protest and destroy infrastructure like other communities do, but we are asking the City to do their work.”

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Brief | 17 January 2020

Woodstock pensioner fights her eviction

Landlord pushed up rent by 37%

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News | 16 January 2020

Families queue to get electricity reconnected

Relatives of deceased account holders must re-apply for benefits, says Nelson Mandela Bay municipality

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News | 16 January 2020

Dozens of learners without uniforms, stationery after devastating fire

Residents blame municipality for failing to move them to “promised land”

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Brief | 15 January 2020

We are living with the dead, say Cookhouse residents

Families complain graves are too close to their houses

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News | 14 January 2020

Scores attend funeral of poisoned children in Motherwell

Families considering legal action against municipality

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Brief | 13 January 2020

Municipality silent on hijacked houses in Nelson Mandela Bay

Report shows nearly one in five houses in Missionvale project are not occupied by rightful owner

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News | 9 January 2020

“We grew up as backyarders and we are still backyarders today”

Arcadia House occupiers plead for affordable housing near Cape Town’s inner city

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Brief | 8 January 2020

Residents point fingers at municipality after children poisoned on dumpsite

Motherwell families say rubbish is not collected and there is nowhere for children to play

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News | 7 January 2020

Neighbour saves children from burning shack

“He heard little voices coming from the inside”

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News | 7 January 2020

Donkerbos residents lift bakkie to safety during blaze

About 30 people displaced following fire at Somerset West informal settlement

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Brief | 6 January 2020

Grim life of families living in “Little Zimbabwe”

“I came to South Africa thinking that l would find greener pastures but things haven’t been easy”

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News | 18 December 2019

Families who lost loved ones demand bridge over PE river

Residents fear more people will drown when the rains come

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News | 17 December 2019