Housing

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Cape Town’s hostels to be upgraded

Built to accommodate black working men under apartheid, many are in terrible condition

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Brief | 23 May 2019

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Dunoon land occupiers club together to pay for lawyer

Evicted eight times from private land

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News | 22 May 2019

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Family killed by fire in RDP house

Twayisa Myathaza and her three children were the victims of a faulty electricity box, say witnesses

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News | 21 May 2019

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Evicted Durban residents say City had no court order

Dozens left homeless after shacks demolished on Sunday

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News | 21 May 2019

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Pietermaritzburg protesters injured by police, says village chief

Police deny anyone was hurt during dispersal of water protest

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News | 20 May 2019

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Hundreds of Uitenhage residents queue for houses

Call to register on consolidated list raises hopes

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Brief | 20 May 2019

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Much needed rain brings flooding to Cape Town

Disaster Management reports no major incidents

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Brief | 20 May 2019

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“Everything that I worked hard for is burnt to ashes”

Over 200 left homeless by Masiphumelele fire

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Brief | 20 May 2019

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Fisantekraal residents unhappy with quality of RDP houses

They demand the Public Protector intervenes

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Brief | 16 May 2019

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Informal settlements to be “made liveable”, Alexandra inquiry hears

Gauteng to provide services to land occupiers rather than evicting them

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News | 15 May 2019

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Hostel residents barricade Pietermaritzburg streets

Protest follows Tuesday’s march to city hall

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News | 15 May 2019

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Informal settlements need better rubbish collection

Reform of the system is necessary to “keep Cape Town clean”

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Analysis | 15 May 2019

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City of Johannesburg can’t cope with Alexandra land occupations, inquiry told

“We do demolish but it is impossible to go there every day” says manager

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News | 14 May 2019

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“I am left with this blanket and winter is coming”

Strand land occupiers who are staying in community halls say they have nowhere to go

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Photo Essay | 14 May 2019

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Rocks, teargas in Pietermaritzburg protest

Imbali residents fed up with electricity and sewerage failures

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News | 13 May 2019

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Gugulethu backyarders make community hall their home

Occupiers hope to benefit from new housing project, but it’s not certain they will

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News | 13 May 2019