Housing
Families vacate land at owner’s request, only to be moved off new land too
City of Cape Town demolished the shacks and confiscated the material of 13 families who had moved from private land
Brief | 24 June 2020
Sophiatown residents’ 20-year battle for services and housing
City says it can’t provide services on land it does not own
News | 24 June 2020
“This is not a land grab. We are taking back what belongs to us”
Hundreds of people in Midvaal occupy private land
News | 23 June 2020
Doornbach residents resist Covid-19 relocation plan
About 1,500 Dunoon families are to be moved to Winning Way
Brief | 23 June 2020
Residents thank Covid-19 pandemic for sanitation
After 23 years using a pit latrine, community gets chemical toilets
Brief | 19 June 2020
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