Housing
High Court rebukes City of Cape Town for Covid evictions
City wrongly applied the remedy of “counter spoliation” to demolish shacks, judges rule
Law | 19 July 2022
We won’t move, say Driftsands families living on floodplain
About 50 shacks have been moved to a safer site
News | 19 July 2022
Cape Town’s inner-city housing programme has stalled, activists say
City of Cape Town blames “major” delays on the occupations by Reclaim the City in 2017
News | 18 July 2022
City opens criminal case against flood victims occupying community hall
About 60 Mfuleni families moved into the hall after floods in June
Brief | 15 July 2022
“Our children play in fields full of poop and pee” says protester
Hundreds of Bayland informal settlement residents block roads in Gqeberha over electricity and basic services
Brief | 14 July 2022
Woman waiting for a house since 1994 hopes for a home in Winning Way
Dunoon housing project to give homes to 1,500 families
News | 14 July 2022
City blames occupiers for “hampering development” in Soshanguve
About 300 households at Kopanong informal settlement don’t have water and proper electricity
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 13 July 2022
Land activist’s shack burnt down
Tensions rise in Khayelitsha as City relocates people from Enkanini to Backstage
By Vincent Lali
News | 13 July 2022
Build our houses or face court action, community warns Housing Development Agency
The HDA bought 700 hectares of land near Malmesbury just outside Cape Town eight years ago. But the agency says it was only officially appointed as implementing agent for the project in March this year.
News | 12 July 2022