Housing

Legality of Howell Street evictions questioned

“You cannot evict someone unless you have alternative accommodation, and these people have nowhere to go” says municipality official

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News | 25 August 2017

Backyarder programme doesn’t go far enough, say Bellville South residents

Residents complain of living conditions in spite of City of Cape Town upgrade

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News | 25 August 2017

Cape Town skyscraper to include “affordable” apartments - at R800,000 each

Buyers would have to earn at least R25,000 a month

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News | 25 August 2017

PE deputy mayor breaks ranks on land occupation

Bobani tells residents the municipality was wrong

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News | 23 August 2017

Clashes in Khayelitsha following land occupation

“I have no source of income because I’m jobless but I have to pay R500 to my landlord monthly”

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News | 21 August 2017

Activists suspect security company of attacking them

“Leave this building, you cannot stay here. This building doesn’t belong to you!”

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News | 21 August 2017

Hangberg residents protest for better living conditions

Demonstration started when community learnt that about R100 million was being spent on nearby informal settlement

Text by Sune Payne. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

Brief | 18 August 2017

Blind and diabetic in a cold little shack

Gugulethu woman tries to get by on R350 a month

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News | 17 August 2017

Blaze leaves dozens of girls unable to attend school

Gamble Street Secondary School appeals for assistance

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Brief | 16 August 2017

R60bn Constitutional Court case against banks

Applicants want criminal investigation into bank executives

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News | 16 August 2017

Hout Bay residents protest against reblocking

They accuse community leaders who support reblocking of corruption

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News | 15 August 2017

Evictions at Cape Town social housing complex

Steenvilla is seen as a model development - much will depend on its success or failure

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News | 14 August 2017

Eastern Cape villagers drink water with animals

Taps in KwaDukathole have run dry since 2014, say villagers

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Brief | 14 August 2017

UWC sees no quick solution to residence crisis

“Many of the students we register have no financial means to find accommodation”

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Parliament | 11 August 2017

White people have work to do, say activists

Dunoon hosts Restitution Foundation event

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News | 8 August 2017

Zille and housing activists hold “fruitful” meeting

Premier promises more affordable housing in Somerset Precinct, say activists

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Brief | 8 August 2017