Housing
New occupation in Uitenhage named Covid Village
Municipality says it is still considering whether to formalise the housing or to follow legal processes for removal
News | 19 June 2020
Dunoon ward councillor’s office petrol bombed
Land occupation blamed for arson attack
News | 19 June 2020
Shack dwellers make up their own housing list for new City of Cape Town project
Dozens try to occupy land set aside for Maroela Project
By Vincent Lali
News | 18 June 2020
City councillor Zahid Badroodien says there’s room for homeless people in Cape Town’s shelters. But our investigation found very few empty places
GroundUp contacted shelters across the city
By James Stent
News | 17 June 2020
Durban fire leaves 150 people homeless and one dead
One of two serious shack fires in city in 24 hours
Brief | 15 June 2020
Family of five die in shack fire
Teenage daughter survives as she was visiting her cousin at the time of the fire
News | 15 June 2020
Residents clash with land occupiers in Uitenhage
Municipality says land is earmarked for beneficiaries of de-densification programme
News | 12 June 2020
Asylum seeker with spinal cord injury faces eviction from his shack
Markus Nyoni can no longer pay his rent because of the Covid-19 pandemic
News | 12 June 2020
Conflict in Hout Bay as City demolishes structures
Teargas, rubber bullets and stones exchanged between police and residents
By James Stent
News | 11 June 2020