Housing
City of Cape Town refuses to respond to activist prank
Organisers of Monday’s zombie rally sent out a spoof press release that claimed the City had agreed to their demands
By Drew Wayland and Nathan Geffen
Brief | 3 October 2019
Unfinished RDP houses in Khayelitsha
No ceilings, toilet doors or gutters
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 2 October 2019
Township residents occupy city old age home
CPOA says it intended to upgrade Observatory building, but new residents say they will not move
By Moira Levy and Ashraf Hendricks
Feature | 1 October 2019
Satire and the City: Zombies and a dead president protest in Cape Town
Housing activists compare City’s housing policies to apartheid era
By Tariro Washinyira, Madison Yauger and Ashraf Hendricks
Photo Essay | 30 September 2019
One dead and over 80 homeless after Strand fire
Delivery man whose car caught alight says he does not know how he will resume work
Brief | 30 September 2019
North West housing project halted by angry residents
Residents claim housing allocation process excluded poor people in the community
By Sana Mabena
News | 30 September 2019
100-year-old man dies two months after getting his first house
“Living in our new home without him will never be the same”
Brief | 27 September 2019
Skwatsha agrees not to move more families onto Stellenbosch farm
Court to rule on status of Die Akker evictees next month
By Vincent Lali and GroundUp Staff
News | 20 September 2019
Kirkwood residents fume while municipality and province blame each other for lack of housing
I have never lived in a proper house, says Xoliswa Ntsilathana
News | 20 September 2019