Housing
Court grants PRASA another eight months to relocate Cape Town Central Line shack dwellers
Eerste River residents opposing relocation near their community partly to blame for delay says PRASA
News | 26 November 2021
Philippi informal settlement residents say they are the “forgotten” community of Cape Town
The City says it is unable to assist because their shacks are on private land
News | 23 November 2021
Race against the clock to meet court deadline to move railway families
Court ruled that families living along the railway line in Langa must be shown new site four weeks before being moved
News | 18 November 2021
Eviction of Centurion reclaimers halted
Tshwane municipality told to fully comply with court order to provide group with suitable temporary housing
News | 16 November 2021
City of Cape Town appeals interdict stopping shack demolitions during lockdown
The City told the Supreme Court of Appeal the interdict has hindered its ability to protect property and to roll out housing
News | 16 November 2021
Immigrants tough it out in Joburg’s “dark buildings”
They face police raids, evictions, extortion and crime
Photo Essay | 5 November 2021
Corruption or incompetence? Rural Eastern Cape housing projects delayed for years
And a company that was paid R1.5 billion in tenders left households in Cofimvaba each with a pile of concrete slabs instead of toilets
News | 5 November 2021
Families living in Tsolo forest say they won’t be voting on Monday
The settlement of about 1,000 households has almost no basic services
News | 28 October 2021
These villagers threatened not to vote if their road wasn’t fixed, so the municipality sent a truck. But the truck broke the water pipes the villagers had laid
Protesters tell IntsikaYethu mayor he’s no longer welcome
News | 26 October 2021