After their shacks were demolished during the lockdown, families have been left in dire straits and at the mercy of criminals
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 30 April 2020
Men living in Ramaphosa informal settlement accused of attacking women in Victoria Mxenge community
News | 28 April 2020
No demolitions, but residents of Khenana informal settlement say they were threatened and harassed
News | 28 April 2020
Raymond Perrier of the Denis Hurley Centre says it took three days to achieve what NGOs had been trying to do for three years
Interview | 24 April 2020
“We have every right to the land and even have a court interdict protecting us from demolitions” says resident
News | 23 April 2020
Despite last week’s court order, new shacks are being erected next to Empolweni and the City is tearing them down.
Photo Essay | 22 April 2020
“We don’t want any more delays,” says Minister Sisulu
News | 22 April 2020
At least 40 homes severely damaged. Families now getting help from the government
Brief | 20 April 2020
The municipality says there are plans to improve the nearly 20-year-old settlements
By Mpumi Kiva
News | 20 April 2020
“We have suffered enough in the hall and now they want to finish us off here”
Brief | 19 April 2020
“I make my kids stay in my yard or lie in bed throughout the day”
By Vincent Lali
News | 18 April 2020
Government accused of political posturing in support of a private developer rather than working with Heritage Western Cape
News | 18 April 2020
Empolweni residents whose shacks were demolished during the lockdown can return to the land and rebuild
By James Stent
Brief | 17 April 2020
“We can’t just let them go back to the streets like that” says social development MEC
News | 17 April 2020
Residents say they are unable to rebuild their shacks and unable to return to their former backyards
By Vincent Lali
News | 15 April 2020
Thousands of Capetonians object to the way the City is treating homeless people during the lockdown
Opinion | 14 April 2020