Housing

Bo-Kaap Youth Movement calls for “peaceful and positive” solution to development impasse

Leadership denies receiving any financial compensation from property developers

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News | 30 November 2018

Westville residents threaten further protests

Port Elizabeth informal settlement divided on relocation and development

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News | 29 November 2018

Getty Mrawuli, 70, has been living in one room for most of her life

“I am still waiting for that house,” says Duncan Village resident

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News | 29 November 2018

Malmesbury residents march against high utility bills

“Two weeks before my husband gets paid, we have no food in the house.”

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News | 23 November 2018

Khayelitsha shack dwellers move onto vacant land to keep out “thugs”

Residents say fires which destroyed their homes started on the vacant land

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News | 22 November 2018

Contempt of court application brought against SANDF

Marievale residents say order to provide them with accommodation has been ignored

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Law | 22 November 2018

Residents oppose Conradie Hospital housing plan

The site, which has stood empty for 16 years, is a battleground over the future of state subsidised housing in Cape Town

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News | 22 November 2018

No services - but it’s better than a backyard, say shack dwellers

“It was a constant struggle to pay rent”

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News | 22 November 2018

Bo-Kaap residents claim victory as construction crane leaves

Charges dropped against the four protesters arrested in earlier protest

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Brief | 21 November 2018

Struggle to rebuild after fire destroys Khayelitsha children’s home

SAPS says an arrest has been made and an arson investigation is underway

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News | 21 November 2018

Bo-Kaap protesters in stand-off with crane

Four people arrested in clashes with police over new development

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Photo Essay | 20 November 2018

10 taps for 1,000 families in Wallacedene

Broken drains, blocked toilets, filthy water in the streets

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News | 20 November 2018

Border War veterans fall through the cracks of reconciliation

“32 Battalion raped our women. They killed our brothers and sisters. It’s painful living with the legacy of their oppression.”

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Feature | 19 November 2018

Saldanha Bay clinic burnt as community anger boils over

Mayor appoints task team to deal with residents’ demands

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News | 16 November 2018

Living on a dumpsite since 1992

We’ve been forgotten, say residents of eTipini in East London

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Brief | 16 November 2018

Evicted Gympie Street residents face bleak future

“For us to go and stay in another place is like starting all over again”

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News | 16 November 2018