Social Housing Series
Turn Sea Point plot into social housing, say activists
Two years after the Tafelberg sale was overturned, progress has stalled. Now the provincial government says it may want to use the land “in the public interest”.
By Mia Arderne
News | 30 August 2022
Traders at the historic Salt River Market will be excluded from new City development
“This is our livelihood, my bread and butter” says trader
News | 17 August 2022
Cape Town tables plan for two inner-city social housing projects
Announcement hailed as a victory for housing activists
News | 29 July 2022
Tenants move into new Conradie Park social housing development in Pinelands
Human Settlements says 432 units in the first phase are to be occupied by April
News | 7 February 2022
Activists impatient with long wait for promised social housing
City of Cape Town says national government slow to release “well-located” land for affordable housing
News | 12 August 2021
Cape Town golf clubs may be turned into housing - City documents
Activists welcome possible change of policy
News | 4 June 2021
Ugly battle over social housing in Cape Town
Former employees of Communicare, dismissed for fraud, go to court to oppose evictions
By James Stent
News | 12 April 2021
Court grants eviction order against alleged housing “hijackers”
Evictees say they were out of options
News | 12 November 2020
Province and City to appeal Tafelberg judgment
Cape Town housing activists decry government decision
By James Stent
News | 22 September 2020