Housing
Pietermaritzburg municipality lets water go to waste, but residents have to queue at the tap
100 people to one tap in Pavilion informal settlement
News | 27 June 2019
The people of Plastic City cannot even afford zinc shacks
People live in homes built of discarded board and plastic next to a Brakpan dump site
Photo Essay | 27 June 2019
Three children rebuild their shack – again
City of Cape Town says only unoccupied shacks were demolished, but residents disagree
News | 26 June 2019
“We should have left this place many years ago”
Residents of Powerline informal settlement are busy relocating to serviced stands in Port Elizabeth
Brief | 25 June 2019
“The ANC has fooled us enough. They must deliver” says Pietermaritzburg protester
Cash-strapped Msunduzi Municipality says it is now asking private businesses for help
News | 25 June 2019
Marikana informal settlement erupts in protests
Vehicles torched and shack dwellers tear-gassed as Philippi East residents demand services from the City of Cape Town
By Velani Ludidi and Tariro Washinyira
News | 24 June 2019
“It’s been five years now and not a single house is finished,” says East London resident
Some residents have moved into incomplete houses after the site was abandoned by contractors in 2015
News | 24 June 2019
Cape Town storm pics: informal settlements hard hit by high winds
“The house was shaking and if I slept I knew I would be putting my life in danger”
Photo Essay | 23 June 2019
Judge says roadside May family are “authors of their own fate”
Courts make inhumane decisions based on legal facts and are not in touch with our people on the ground, says farm workers’ rights organiser
News | 21 June 2019