Electricity
Kariega shack dwellers stop electrification project
Informal settlement residents are demanding their homes get electricity first
Brief | 3 May 2021
Complaints of shoddy workmanship at new multi-million rand housing development
“I don’t know why they moved us here when they know that there is still a lot of work to be done” says resident
News | 30 April 2021
“The roaming pigs come and eat our poo”
Nelson Mandela Bay residents block roads early in the morning to show their anger at failed service delivery
News | 23 April 2021
Mamelodi residents have waited five years for electricity connections
Delay blamed on dispute with contractor
News | 22 April 2021
Shack dwellers blame municipal delays for children’s deaths
Illegal connections have claimed lives as residents of Ocean View settlement await electrification
Brief | 19 April 2021
Woman dies, teenager hurt as fire guts 49 shacks in Cato Manor
Fire victims say they are likely to spend a second night outside because they don’t have material to rebuild their homes
News | 19 April 2021
Living in Covid village in Cape Town
City says occupation is illegal and it has no funds for such unplanned settlements
By Vincent Lali
Photo Essay | 14 April 2021
Two communities battle Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality over housing
Relocation project on hold
News | 9 April 2021