Residents are protesting against gentrification but a heritage consultant is sceptical of “nostalgia of an imagined past”
Text by Aidan Jones. Photos by Barry Christianson.
Feature | 26 June 2018
Company says the flats and surrounding land were earmarked for a low-cost housing project
News | 22 June 2018
Dam levels are rising and Day Zero in 2019 is unlikely, but for hundreds of thousands of people, the rains bring hardship
Photo Essay | 22 June 2018
In the meanwhile, residents of RR Section in Khayelitsha use illegal connections
News | 21 June 2018
“There is no way for me to better my life without having papers in this country”
News | 20 June 2018
Parkwood community leaders made to promise that sites won’t be occupied before development
News | 20 June 2018
“We have had enough of living in squalor,” says shack-dweller
By Vincent Lali
News | 20 June 2018
City of Cape Town blames vandalism for the mess
By Vincent Lali
News | 20 June 2018
“Politicians come and make promises they can’t keep”
Feature | 19 June 2018
But some tenants of Steenvilla are angry with rent-defaulters and want them gone
News | 19 June 2018
Home Affairs re-opens Port Elizabeth Refugee Reception Offices, but Cape Town process very slow
News | 19 June 2018
Motion passed on Monday is a small, symbolic but important moment in the struggle for spatial justice, say housing activists
By Aidan Jones
News | 18 June 2018
UberEats, MrD Food and OrderIn pay from R15 a delivery
News | 18 June 2018
Principal criticises gaps between policy and practice
News | 15 June 2018
An explanation of the Equality Court’s ruling against against Pastor Oscar Bougaardt
Law | 15 June 2018
Muslim community end each day’s fast with prayer and delicious food
Photo Essay | 15 June 2018