Housing
Cape Town’s battle for spatial justice
There is a disconnect between what the City says and what it does when it comes to housing, development, and urban planning.
Analysis | 31 October 2019
North West housing protesters fear for their lives
Cyferskuil leader attacked in his home after protest stops construction
By Sana Mabena
Brief | 28 October 2019
Eastern Cape municipality breaks its promise to children
No sign of promised swimming pool in Sundays River
News | 23 October 2019
Occupations are the tool to hold government to account, say housing activists
Reclaim The City holds AGM
News | 21 October 2019
Khayelitsha land occupation grows under cover of darkness
About 400 families now live in Zweledinga says community leader
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 17 October 2019
Construction company has completed only 20% of housing contract
Eastern Cape Human Settlements department blamed for delays
News | 17 October 2019
“Illegal and criminal” demolitions in Durban, say shack dwellers
“This was a new invasion and the people had not settled there. No court order was required,” says City
By Musa Binda
Brief | 16 October 2019
Occupiers of old age home march to Civic Centre, demand housing
“We need low-cost houses in the CBD … We can’t be going from shack to shack, from stone to stone”
News | 15 October 2019
Marievale cousins accuse SANDF soldiers of assault
“The soldiers kept kicking them so badly we thought they would kill them”, says witness
News | 15 October 2019