Housing
Baby drowns in tub filled with water from leaking shack
Khayelitsha residents demand better living conditions
By Vincent Lali
News | 2 September 2021
Busiswa Pikinini has no hands, no feet - and no house
The 27-year-old is one of those hoping for housing in Khayelitsha’s informal settlements
News | 2 September 2021
Start of stalled housing project a victory for Plett community
Two months ago Qolweni residents shut down the town, demanding answers about the project
Brief | 31 August 2021
Judge scolds Ekurhuleni municipality for trying to dodge court order
Municipality has tried to back out of settlement to buy unlawfully occupied buildings
Law | 30 August 2021
Durban rolls out Covid vaccines for homeless people
But ID required, leaving hundreds of people excluded
News | 26 August 2021
City of Cape Town demolishes tent camp, leaving homeless without shelter
Law enforcement removes people living near the Green Point Tennis Courts
News | 25 August 2021
Developers try to overturn sale of land for Cape Town housing development
Covid-19 triggered a plan to move families from overcrowded Dunoon informal settlements, but more than a year later, they’re still there
News | 25 August 2021
Couple living with disability left homeless by fire
Yoliswa Maneli and Andisile January want to be allocated one of the many unoccupied houses in the area
Brief | 24 August 2021
How Walter the storyteller escaped homelessness
Like many others he lost his home during lockdown and lived rough
By James Stent
Feature | 24 August 2021