Housing
Cape Town roads blocked in electricity protest
Philippi informal settlement residents want the City of Cape Town to negotiate with the private landowners to install services
Brief | 23 September 2026
State land must be used for housing, activists say
Applications were submitted three years ago, but vast areas of government-owned land remain unused
Brief | 23 September 2026
Gugulethu backyarders fed up waiting for promised houses
Despite funding being secured and a contractor appointed, the housing project has stalled
News | 22 September 2026
Three years of silence on state land. Communities pay the cost
Government asked communities applying for land to follow the rules. Then it went silent.
By Luyanda Mtamzeli and Nonceba Ndlebe
Opinion | 18 September 2026
Dunoon residents’ housing hopes dashed
City plans mixed-income development not state housing for 72-hectare site
By Peter Luhanga and Abonge Chiya
News | 16 September 2026
Cape Town “killing field” to be used for housing
R7.6-million Seawinds park was stripped and vandalised
Brief | 10 September 2026
Protesters block Cape Town roads, demanding electricity
But Siyangena informal settlement is built on land not owned by the state
Brief | 9 September 2026
Informal settlements are here to stay. Let’s upgrade them
Upgrading informal settlements is a cheaper and more effective way to improve lives
By Ronelle Burger and Eldridge Moses
Opinion | 7 September 2026
Observatory occupiers “at the mercy of the City and Gugulethu residents”
The high court has ordered Singabalapha residents to leave by 30 November
News | 3 September 2026