Housing

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Developer’s response to Woodstock evictees: Let’s crowdfund

This is not a game, says leader of Bromwell Street residents

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News | 31 August 2016

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Empty Khayelitsha land to be developed at last

Fewer houses and a shopping centre to be built

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News | 30 August 2016

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Woodstock residents occupy The Old Biscuit Mill

Over 20 families living in Bromwell Street face eviction

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News | 27 August 2016

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Salt River man’s daily battle “to put a candle and bread on the table”

Residents of settlement under bridge collect cardboard and plastic for recycling

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News | 25 August 2016

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Residents and police clash in Elsie’s River after homes demolished

“We are indigenous people and we have a right to be here” says community leader

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News | 25 August 2016

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Disabled man fetches water with a bucket tied to his crutches

Pietermaritzburg resident has little hope elections will change his plight

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News | 23 August 2016

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City says relocation is ideal solution for Jim se Bos

Residents unlikely to see major improvements to their neighbourhood on the edge of Cape Town

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News | 16 August 2016

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I’m an ANC supporter but I didn’t vote, says fed-up Hankey resident

Woman describes desperate plight while government fails to assist

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News | 15 August 2016

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Langa shack fire may have started because man tried to keep warm

"This is the third time that I have lost my shack to a fire. Everything of mine is destroyed." - resident

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Brief | 15 August 2016

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Controversial Mfuleni councillor elected in new ward

Themba Honono still the target of criticism

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News | 11 August 2016

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Seven years later, Tokyo Sexwale’s promise has not been kept

East Bank residents still waiting for their houses to be fixed

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News | 11 August 2016

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Living next to a blocked drain for 15 years

Complaints to East London municipality go unheard

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News | 10 August 2016

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Some Bhisho families have two RDP houses, while others have none

Residents of Tyutyu Location still waiting for their houses

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Brief | 2 August 2016

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Residents in Motherwell left without a clinic

RDP house claimed by its owner

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Brief | 1 August 2016

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Sun brings relief to flooded Masiphumelele

Heavy rains swamp informal settlement

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Brief | 27 July 2016

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Fire victims left without electricity for months

Residents in Masiphumelele wetlands have been without power since November 2015

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News | 27 July 2016