Housing
OR Tambo municipality dodges questions on failed toilet project
A project to build hundreds of toilets near Mthatha has been stalled since 2023
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
Brief | 9 July 2026
Public Protector tells City of Cape Town to fix services at Langa Flats and Khayelitsha
Constitutional obligations were not met, investigation finds
News | 7 July 2026
Housing activists celebrate landmark court victory
ConCourt ruling finds government is obligated to provide affordable housing
News | 2 July 2026
Huge court victory in battle for affordable housing in Cape Town
ConCourt rules that Western Cape government and City of Cape Town are constitutionally obliged to provide affordable housing in the inner-city
Law | 2 July 2026
Fed-up with 15 years of red tape, Eastern Cape community goes to court
Butterworth families say government departments have spent years passing the buck while 300 people live in unsafe, prefabricated homes
Law | 1 July 2026
Man promised RDP home left to live for seven years in collapsing mud house
Only the foundation has been dug for Anele Dyosane’s house
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
Brief | 26 June 2026
Appeal Court overturns Joburg eviction ruling
In 2024, occupiers of land in Rabie Ridge secured a court interdict to stop their removal
Law | 24 June 2026
Housing activists march to Parliament against proposed land bill
Housing crisis won’t be resolved through harsher eviction laws, says activist
Brief | 15 June 2026
Informal settlement destroyed by Operation Prosper must be rebuilt, court rules
Thousands of people left homeless, says the SAHRC
Law | 15 June 2026