Housing
City accused of destroying occupied shacks in Khayelitsha
Authorities say shacks were unoccupied but residents say otherwise
By Vincent Lali
Feature | 15 January 2019
Showdown with Herman Mashaba looms over housing court order
Municipality has missed deadline to find accommodation for Hillbrow residents, but Johannesburg official says backlog is the fault of past administrations
By Zoë Postman
News | 15 January 2019
Families still without electricity, four years after fire
No electricity can be installed in wetlands, says City of Cape Town
News | 15 January 2019
Dozens of homes destroyed in Overstrand fire
Betty’s Bay bears the brunt of blaze, which is now under control
Photo Essay | 12 January 2019
City puts an end to land occupation in Mfuleni
Desperate and unemployed mother says she has “nowhere else to go”
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 9 January 2019
The daily struggle of living in a wheelchair in a shack
“The simplest things, like brushing your teeth, require work”
News | 14 December 2018
City gives green light to Salt River social housing project
Development would set a precedent for social housing near Cape Town’s city centre
By Aidan Jones
News | 14 December 2018
More than half the plots earmarked for backyarders in Cape Town’s southern suburbs are on wetlands
Residents sceptical at briefing by project managers
News | 12 December 2018
Shack dwellers lose their Christmas savings in Khayelitsha fire
Cash, documents, clothes and furniture destroyed and over 100 people left homeless
By Vincent Lali
News | 11 December 2018