“Give us opportunities not handouts” say people with disabilities
“Disabled people can run businesses like everybody else”
Brief | 22 July 2019
Ward councillor says Komponi occupiers must fend for themselves
About 60 families illegally occupying prefab homes for two years want services
Brief | 5 July 2019
Residents burn rubbish because it doesn’t get collected
“It’s like they forgot about us,” says resident in East London informal settlement
Brief | 1 July 2019
“Everytime I look at these wires, I remember how my grandson died,” says East London grandmother
A number of people have been electrocuted in Amalinda Forest informal settlement in the past three years
Brief | 28 June 2019
“It’s been five years now and not a single house is finished,” says East London resident
Some residents have moved into incomplete houses after the site was abandoned by contractors in 2015
News | 24 June 2019
300 homes share eight pit toilets
Shackdwellers in Polar Park and Tyampolo, East London, are not even on housing waiting lists
News | 18 June 2019
Mdantsane residents close down ANC ward councillor’s office
Councillor Ntombizodwa Gamnca laughs off allegations that she is involved in dodgy housing deals
By Lisekho Madikane and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
News | 18 June 2019
Gogo’s 20 year battle to change an error on her ID
Home Affairs is now investigating the matter
Brief | 31 May 2019
A loan shark has her ID, so she can’t vote today
It’s illegal, but the mashonisas keep documents and bank cards
News | 8 May 2019