Housing
Families were promised RDP homes. Instead they were left for 15 years without services
Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements says construction will happen later this year
News | 9 June 2025
Pensioner has to live in shack despite ‘owning’ RDP house for 17 years
A 2012 Corruption Watch report stated that the houses “were invaded because they were left empty for a long time”
News | 6 June 2025
RDP occupiers protest at Ekhurhuleni mayor’s office for services
“The City should stop calling us illegal occupants and give us services”
Brief | 5 June 2025
2,000 households in Katlehong without electricity and clean toilets
Residents demand municipality fulfil its promises
Brief | 2 June 2025
Sewage floods the streets in this part of Durban
Lamontville has been battered by floods
News | 1 June 2025
Pensioner gets her house after government admits mistake
Free State housing department’s database incorrectly showed Maleroele Molato had received a house 15 years ago
By Tladi Moloi
Brief | 28 May 2025
Durban hostels crumble but families have nowhere else to go
Thousands of people live in Lamontville’s apartheid-era hostels
Photo Essay | 26 May 2025
City says there’s no money for water and toilets for Mamelodi settlement
Residents say they have no choice but to illegally connect electricity and water
Text by Warren Mabona. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 24 May 2025
Dunoon residents threaten more protests over demolitions
They want the City of Cape Town to help resolve the housing crisis in the community
By Iva Fulepu
News | 23 May 2025