Housing

Pensioner gets her house after government admits mistake

Free State housing department’s database incorrectly showed Maleroele Molato had received a house 15 years ago

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News | 28 May 2025

Durban hostels crumble but families have nowhere else to go

Thousands of people live in Lamontville’s apartheid-era hostels

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Photo Essay | 26 May 2025

City says there’s no money for water and toilets for Mamelodi settlement

Residents say they have no choice but to illegally connect electricity and water

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News | 24 May 2025

Dunoon residents threaten more protests over demolitions

They want the City of Cape Town to help resolve the housing crisis in the community

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News | 23 May 2025

Housing plans for Tafelberg site revealed

Western Cape Government plans combination of social, affordable and high-end housing units

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News | 22 May 2025

Two people die during Soweto hostel protest

Anger over the dilapidated hostel has been simmering for years

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Brief | 19 May 2025

Residents of emergency housing in Durban protest against eviction

Province says they earn too much to qualify to stay, but they disagree

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Brief | 14 May 2025

Judge slams Gauteng land grab

The ā€œuse of court processes and laws which are designed to protect the vulnerable is deplorableā€, says Judge Denise Fisher

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Law | 13 May 2025

Dunoon erupts in protest after the City of Cape Town knocks down walls in informal settlement

Residents have been replacing shacks with brick and mortar homes

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News | 13 May 2025

Buffalo City wants to recover R16-million in Covid housing funds

Officials and contractors need to pay up, council resolves

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News | 9 May 2025

Families in Cape Town’s squalid backyards are still waiting for promised housing project

The Greater Retreat Housing project was announced in 2018

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News | 9 May 2025

Joburg wheelchair users demand houses

City criticised for sidelining them

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Brief | 8 May 2025

Homes bulldozed in Roodepoort

City of Joburg says this is not an ā€œevictionā€ but a ā€œrelocationā€

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News | 8 May 2025

Chaos in Flagstaff as municipality demolishes homes ā€˜sold’ by chief

Municipality says property is earmarked for development

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News | 7 May 2025

District Six families must wait at least three more years to return

Government has not yet secured funding to build the houses

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Feature | 6 May 2025