Housing

Vrygrond fire victims struggle to rebuild

City says nearly 300 families have received rebuilding kits

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Brief | 2 November 2018

Brett Herron and JP Smith in war of words over social housing

Mayco member Brett Herron resigns from DA and city council

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News | 1 November 2018

Court blocks activist event in Woodstock

City of Cape Town brought an urgent application against Reclaim the City

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News | 27 October 2018

Over 800 people homeless after Vrygrond fire

309 homes destroyed in Overcome Heights informal settlement

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News | 26 October 2018

Cape Town City Council delays decision on social housing project

“The decision today is unjustifiable. Council is a total and utter shambles,” says housing activist

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News | 25 October 2018

R162-million housing project incomplete after over a decade

“The conditions are shocking. As the government we are ashamed,” says KZN Premier

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News | 24 October 2018

Joburg’s Golden Highway barricaded in housing protest

Freedom Park residents demand land

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News | 23 October 2018

Toilets unserviced for five years in East London

Residents say 200 people use two working toilets and one communal tap

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Brief | 22 October 2018

Fire leaves over 1,000 people homeless in Philippi

City says approximately 120 shacks destroyed and 1,400 people displaced in Kosovo informal settlement

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News | 22 October 2018

Heartbreaking stories after massive Khayelitsha blaze

Hundreds of shacks destroyed and one person killed

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News | 21 October 2018

Land occupiers in Philippi want City to buy Oasis land

Oasis Crescent Property mum on future of occupation

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News | 19 October 2018

Families who fled Blikkiesdorp ask City for help

A resident claims that crime, not race, is at the root of the conflict

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News | 16 October 2018

Villagers battle princess over land

Ward councillor condemns actions of Princess Nomaxhosa Jongilanga after shacks demolished

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News | 15 October 2018

Canals remain an open sore in Masiphumele Wetlands

Residents unhappy with City’s efforts; Provincial government however paints a rosy picture

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News | 12 October 2018

After mass demolitions land occupiers return to Wallacedene

Family that was lawfully living on the land, but pushed out by occupiers, now lives in an Open Kadett.

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News | 11 October 2018