Housing

Thousands of people need toilets, taps and electricity in Khayelitsha

New Monwabisi Park shack dwellers march for basic services

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Brief | 10 October 2018

No land, no vote, say residents of Freedom Park

“As old as l am, l do not have a house. If l die today my children will not have a home.”

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Brief | 9 October 2018

Wallacedene shack dwellers close down housing project

City of Cape Town says project should not target one specific community only

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News | 9 October 2018

Shack dwellers protest against assassinations

At least 16 activists aligned to Abahlali baseMjondolo have been killed since 2013

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News | 8 October 2018

They were forcibly removed under apartheid. Now they want their land back. But it’s occupied.

And a planned mega-housing project also stands in their way

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Feature | 8 October 2018

Homeless poorly treated in Bedfordview

People living on the street say they will resist smear campaigns and persistent attempts to have them removed

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News | 8 October 2018

City demolishes hundreds of shacks in Wallacedene

Anger spills over after evictions; families and clinic attacked

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News | 5 October 2018

City lost R140 million it could have spent on poor people, say protesters

Housing activists protest at offices of Growthpoint Properties in Cape Town

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Brief | 4 October 2018

Banks are clogging up the justice system, says court

Pretoria High Court orders banks to use magistrates’ courts when acting against debtors

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Law | 4 October 2018

Victory for debtors as judges rule that cases must be referred to lower courts

Pretoria High Court finds that access to justice is denied by dragging cases into high courts

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Law | 3 October 2018

De Lille requests investigation into Foreshore property sale

Site appears to have been sold by the City of Cape Town for much less than it was worth

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News | 30 September 2018

Renewed effort to occupy land in Wallacedene

SANCO has come out in support of the land occupation

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News | 28 September 2018

City misses deadline on Masiphumelele land

Community wants land for relocation of wetland shacks and a development plan as agreed last year

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News | 26 September 2018

Residents of Marikana informal settlement left in the dark

A year after High Court ordered City of Cape Town to buy the land but the matter is still in court

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Brief | 21 September 2018

Why is there so much conflict between Abahlali and the state?

Scarcity of houses is just one part of a problem that has its roots in the province’s 1990s violence

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Analysis | 20 September 2018

City of Cape Town fails to explain R140m property sale bungle

But there is a solution that can benefit the city’s residents

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News | 20 September 2018