Housing
State asks for more time to investigate case against Table Mountain fire accused
Accused’s lawyer wants case struck from court roll should the state not be ready next month
Brief | 18 June 2021
Families left homeless in Tsakane after 60 shacks demolished
Occupiers say they were tired of their pleas for housing “falling on deaf ears”
News | 18 June 2021
SAHRC commissioner finds sewage gushing from drains in Cape Town housing project
Residents of Victoria Mxenge demand a permanent solution to sewerage problems
News | 15 June 2021
No money for electrification, municipal official tells shack dwellers
Residents from five informal settlements in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality are demanding electricity and other services
News | 14 June 2021
Wheelchair users struggle to use sewage covered, pothole-ridden roads in Dunoon
One man says people charge him R130 to push his wheelchair to the shops or nearby clinic
Brief | 7 June 2021
Cape Town golf clubs may be turned into housing - City documents
Activists welcome possible change of policy
News | 4 June 2021
City of Cape Town to evict dozens of Observatory residents
The Willow Arts Collective had been hoping to lease land from the City
News | 4 June 2021
Shack dwellers install their own taps and toilets
8,000 families in Khayelitsha find ways to cope without city services
By Vincent Lali
News | 2 June 2021
City’s approach to homeless people is not working
This simplistic narrative of helping to reduce homelessness by just donating to one group of shelters is harmful
Opinion | 1 June 2021