Housing
Tshwane residents get eviction notices for Christmas
Many people living in municipal building say they cannot afford rent elsewhere and fear they will end up on the streets
News | 8 December 2025
Flood victims’ homes demolished by Ethekwini Municipality
Municipality says the shacks are built unlawfully and bylaws need to be enforced
Brief | 5 December 2025
Cape Town city council approves plan to sell Woodstock Hospital
Residential development planned, including affordable housing
News | 4 December 2025
Mother and three children burned alive in Langa shack fire
There were two shack fires in the area on Monday
Brief | 2 December 2025
Rent control not only fails, it entrenches inequality
The solution to housing affordability is to increase supply by building more housing
Opinion | 1 December 2025
EThekwini blames Shembe Church for delays in housing project
Burlington development has been stuck since 2022
News | 27 November 2025
“Sink hole” families to be moved
Dozens of Khayelitsha families have been living above a collapsing sewer pipe
By Vincent Lali and GroundUp Staff
News | 26 November 2025
Parliament takes social housing regulator to task over stalled projects
Ten projects with more than 3,800 units still need to be completed
Brief | 20 November 2025
Bo-Kaap residents call for Airbnb to be regulated
Long-standing residents say they are being pushed out by short-term rentals
News | 19 November 2025