Housing

Occupiers fight eviction from multi-million-rand property in Dunkeld West

Court rules earlier eviction was unlawful

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News | 21 April 2021

“Our people don’t live in speed humps,” Kariega residents tell municipality

Meeting told about water leaks, broken houses and dirty streets

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Brief | 20 April 2021

Groundview: The Cape Town fire is an urgent reminder to offer solutions to homeless people

If people are chased away, they are likely to return until a solution is found to the problem that prompted them to move there in the first place

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GroundView | 19 April 2021

Woman dies, teenager hurt as fire guts 49 shacks in Cato Manor

Fire victims say they are likely to spend a second night outside because they don’t have material to rebuild their homes

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News | 19 April 2021

Hillbrow residents move nearly 500 tons of trash from their derelict building

Massive clean-up at Florence House

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Photo Essay | 16 April 2021

“We cannot escape the smell”: Women have to clear away sewage before they can do their laundry

Toilets overflowing since June last year, but eThekwini municipality says blockages are caused by foreign objects

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News | 15 April 2021

Neighbour pays rent for family, saving them from eviction … for now

Couple lost their jobs at the start of the Covid-19 lockdown and have not been able to find permanent work since

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News | 15 April 2021

Living in Covid village in Cape Town

City says occupation is illegal and it has no funds for such unplanned settlements

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Photo Essay | 14 April 2021

Makhanda shack dwellers protest for electrification

Eskom pole set alight

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Brief | 13 April 2021