Housing

Allegations of violence at Helen Bowden Nurses Home

Residents of the occupation report that their lives are safer, but domestic violence does occur

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Feature | 29 August 2018

Dirty tricks: The battle to control the Helen Bowden and Woodstock Hospital occupations

There have been violent attempts to take over Helen Bowden and a smear campaign against Ndifuna Ukwazi’s leaders

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Feature | 29 August 2018

Reclaim the City has the potential to change Cape Town, but it faces many threats

Our view of the Helen Bowden and Woodstock Hospital occupations

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GroundView | 29 August 2018

Shack dwellers kept back at gunpoint as 81 homes demolished

Land occupiers on private land at Doornbach informal settlement had their building materials confiscated

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Brief | 28 August 2018

Langa and Nyanga residents call for City official to step down

“If there is corruption, experts will investigate and the law will take its course,” says Mayco councillor

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Brief | 27 August 2018

Herds of cows, grunting pigs, chickens and goats invade RDP yards

“We know we are not supposed to live with cattle, but where else can we go?” asks elderly resident

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Brief | 27 August 2018

KZN transit camp erupts over long wait for houses

We are living like animals, says Isipingo resident

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Brief | 24 August 2018

Better roads allow fire trucks faster access to Imizamo Yethu fire

“It could have been a lot worse,” says shop owner

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News | 22 August 2018

Lighting for Marikana at last

Shack dwellers welcome switch-on of first high-mast light

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News | 22 August 2018

City of Cape Town wants millions from Maynard Street tenants

Why the sudden rush? ask residents

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Brief | 22 August 2018

Mthatha villagers block road, demand electricity

Mayor agrees to convene a meeting

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Brief | 21 August 2018

Residents threaten to destroy new road

People who had homes demolished for road construction in 2013 have still not been compensated

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Brief | 20 August 2018

Land occupiers raise funds for fire victim, water installations, gravel roads

City of Cape Town criticises illegal water connections at Khayelitsha land occupation

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News | 20 August 2018

Land occupiers in Mthatha won’t move until they get houses

Municipality says the vacant land is earmarked for a “major development”

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Brief | 20 August 2018

Court gives Bella Vista occupiers a month to submit affidavits

Witzenberg Municipality says the homes were only for people who had been waiting more than ten years

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Brief | 16 August 2018

Cape Town’s homeless and evicted march to Mayor’s office

Social movement Housing Assembly wants housing for all an end to illegal evictions

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Brief | 16 August 2018