Housing

Decision on disputed Sea Point property expected in 2020

“The applicants’ rights and the state’s obligations are two sides of the same coin”

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Law | 29 November 2019

Huge new housing project in Retreat

5,000 homes to be built, says MEC, but Parkwood residents still sceptical

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News | 29 November 2019

Phyllis Jowell Jewish Day School promises some affordable housing on Tafelberg site

But social housing won’t work, says school’s advocate

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Law | 28 November 2019

No sign of the long-awaited relocation in Masiphumelele

1,000 families had expected to be moved to Erf 5131 in October

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Brief | 28 November 2019

Residents of Amalinda say they have been forgotten

500 households with no electrification, months without rubbish collection, only two taps and a dozen working toilets

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Brief | 28 November 2019

PE residents blockade streets in protest against electricity outages

Ward councillor says she will not risk her life meeting the community

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Brief | 27 November 2019

Vandalised anti-apartheid museum in PE may soon be open again

Residents closed down Red Location Museum in 2013

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News | 27 November 2019

Province defends its actions on Tafelberg sale

“We can only give more to housing at a cost to education”

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News | 26 November 2019

Equality Court won’t hear Oak Valley case

Judge says private employers are under no duty to provide accommodation to employees

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Brief | 25 November 2019

Land activists march through Sea Point ahead of court case

Tafelberg property to be sold to a private school developer, but Reclaim the City want it for affordable housing

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News | 22 November 2019

RDP housing is at a snail’s pace in Eastern Cape

Construction companies blame government budget constraints

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News | 21 November 2019

Toilets built eight years ago, but no sign of houses

Makana Municipality says the matter is with the Public Protector

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Brief | 20 November 2019

Four years after Masiphumele fire, survivors still live in temporary one-room shacks

About 40 families say they need to be relocated

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Brief | 19 November 2019

RDP houses torched after evictions in Fynbos

Clashes erupted between occupiers of homes and those claiming to be the legitimate housing beneficiaries

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News | 15 November 2019

RDP houses not connected to electricity or water for a year

Musina municipality says it has been waiting for funds from the Department of Energy

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Brief | 14 November 2019