Housing

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

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