Housing

Everything you need to know about government housing

Struggling to understand how to get a government house? We hope this guide helps you.

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Explainer | 20 July 2017

300 beds added to Western Cape’s shelters over past three years

But Cape Town CBD homeless shelters still need more beds

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News | 20 July 2017

Red Ants turf residents out of Johannesburg building

But legality of inner city eviction under question

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News | 19 July 2017

Official threatened me with old age home, says granny

75-year-old woman says she was told she would be sent to an institution if she did not shut up about her RDP house

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News | 19 July 2017

City announces U-turn on social housing

Reclaim the City welcomes plans for ten new sites for affordable housing but says it remains cautious

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News | 18 July 2017

Where a house for one means homelessness for another

Many people have lost their backyard shacks after RDP houses built in Wallacedene

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News | 18 July 2017

We can fix the rural housing shortage

But it will need farmers, municipalities, NGOs, unions, and businesses to work together

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Opinion | 17 July 2017

Leader in Khayelitsha land occupation murdered

“We don’t know who to trust. We don’t know who is next.”

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News | 17 July 2017

Red Ants accused of firing rubber bullets

Residents also claim their belongings were stolen during evictions

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News | 14 July 2017

“Where must we go?” ask sisters facing eviction from wine farm

“But what do we do?” says owner of Excelsior

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News | 14 July 2017

Court orders City to provide accommodation report for Woodstock families

Report is expected to describe alternative accommodation for Albert Road residents facing eviction

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Brief | 13 July 2017

Joe Slovo Women’s Forum want houses not flats

Community members call for new steering committee for N2 Gateway housing project

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News | 13 July 2017

Good Samaritans step in after mass evictions

An elderly woman and a mother with a disabled child found shelter in the community after the PE municipality demolished their shacks

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News | 11 July 2017

Why did Hout Bay explode?

Imizamo Yethu is an example of the complexity of upgrading informal settlements

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Analysis | 11 July 2017

Robertson’s dumping ground for farm workers

Councillor threatens GroundUp after we ask questions

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Feature | 10 July 2017