Housing
Living on a dam wall
Shack dwellers in Dunoon have occupied the edge of a dam
News | 8 February 2019
Court gives Hermanus occupiers till June to oppose eviction
Over 4,000 people now occupy privately owned land in Schulphoek
News | 5 February 2019
Woman can’t keep the dog that saved her life
Scotty rescued Nonzame Vuyi in a shack fire in Cape Town; now he may have to be sent to the Eastern Cape
News | 5 February 2019
Mushroomville waste pickers avoid eviction, for now
“It’s not an easy life but I have to do it to support my family back home”
By Zoë Postman
Feature | 4 February 2019
SANDF appeal against evicted Marievale residents dismissed
Pretoria High Court says application lacks merit and orders army to pay costs
Brief | 1 February 2019
Activist leader Axolile Notywala arrested
Residents of informal settlements demand sanitation in protest aimed at Mayor Dan Plato
News | 31 January 2019
We will occupy any open land, vow backyarders
Backyarders complain that they are not given the same opportunities as people living in informal settlements
News | 31 January 2019
Evicted from their home, farmworker’s family camp in an old clinic
Sanna Syster lost her rights to her house when her husband died
News | 30 January 2019
Glebelands hostel murder case postponed
Police officer and his co-accused are alleged to have murdered nine men
Brief | 28 January 2019