Housing
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
Hundreds protest new land occupation law in Durban and Joburg
Activists fear amendment bill will criminalise poor and landless people, and those who help them
By Joseph Bracken, Ihsaan Haffejee and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 12 June 2026
Tshwane residents left behind in housing project
537 people were approved for houses but only 447 were built
News | 12 June 2026
Johannesburg housing official in court over alleged sale of residents’ homes
The accused will reappear in the Lenasia Magistrates Court in Soweto on 13 July
By Seth Thorne
Brief | 11 June 2026
Hundreds of families face eviction from “hijacked” social housing estate
Sondela Village, built with a R115-million state grant in 2018, was abandoned by social housing company
News | 10 June 2026