Housing

Mushroomville waste pickers avoid eviction, for now

“It’s not an easy life but I have to do it to support my family back home”

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Feature | 4 February 2019

SANDF appeal against evicted Marievale residents dismissed

Pretoria High Court says application lacks merit and orders army to pay costs

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Brief | 1 February 2019

Activist leader Axolile Notywala arrested

Residents of informal settlements demand sanitation in protest aimed at Mayor Dan Plato

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News | 31 January 2019

We will occupy any open land, vow backyarders

Backyarders complain that they are not given the same opportunities as people living in informal settlements

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News | 31 January 2019

Evicted from their home, farmworker’s family camp in an old clinic

Sanna Syster lost her rights to her house when her husband died

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News | 30 January 2019

Glebelands hostel murder case postponed

Police officer and his co-accused are alleged to have murdered nine men

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Brief | 28 January 2019

School hit with half-a-million rand water bill

Neighbours tapped into school’s supply

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News | 28 January 2019

Elderly residents of Durban have waited decades, in vain, for housing

“I grew old here, and so will my grandchildren.”

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Feature | 25 January 2019

City counts number of occupiers in Woodstock Hospital

Residents welcome “first direct interaction” with City

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News | 23 January 2019

Living between the railway lines in Philippi

Backyarders move onto PRASA property in search of a little more space

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News | 23 January 2019

Sewers blocked for months in Pietermaritzburg

Municipality admits to a problem with payments to drainage contractor

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Brief | 23 January 2019

Tensions over land in picturesque Cape village

Greyton residents caught in the middle of a political battle

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News | 21 January 2019

Cato Crest residents battle continuous demolitions

“All of my son’s school books have been burnt, books that I had bought with my last cents. What will I tell him? Where will he even sleep?”

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News | 18 January 2019

GROUNDVIEW: Is the education system improving?

Also: Dangers of election opportunism

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GroundView | 17 January 2019

Rental Tribunal sends clear message to landlords: Don’t treat tenants unfairly

Two Salt River families win cases against property owner

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Law | 17 January 2019

City accused of destroying occupied shacks in Khayelitsha

Authorities say shacks were unoccupied but residents say otherwise

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Feature | 15 January 2019