Vigilantes accused of throwing families out of RDP housing
Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.
Feature | 21 February 2019
City of Cape Town says shacks were unoccupied but residents disagree
News | 20 February 2019
Residents name settlement “Bobani Village” after Nelson Mandela Bay mayor
Brief | 20 February 2019
Residents say they occupied the poorly built, incomplete houses after they had stood empty for six months
News | 15 February 2019
People have lost everything in the fire, but luckily there were no fatalities
Brief | 15 February 2019
Saldanha Bay Municipality says protest damage came to R10 million
News | 11 February 2019
Shack dwellers in Dunoon have occupied the edge of a dam
News | 8 February 2019
Over 4,000 people now occupy privately owned land in Schulphoek
News | 5 February 2019
Scotty rescued Nonzame Vuyi in a shack fire in Cape Town; now he may have to be sent to the Eastern Cape
News | 5 February 2019
“It’s not an easy life but I have to do it to support my family back home”
By Zoë Postman
Feature | 4 February 2019
Pretoria High Court says application lacks merit and orders army to pay costs
Brief | 1 February 2019
Residents of informal settlements demand sanitation in protest aimed at Mayor Dan Plato
News | 31 January 2019
Backyarders complain that they are not given the same opportunities as people living in informal settlements
News | 31 January 2019
Sanna Syster lost her rights to her house when her husband died
News | 30 January 2019
Police officer and his co-accused are alleged to have murdered nine men
Brief | 28 January 2019
Neighbours tapped into school’s supply
News | 28 January 2019