Housing
Shackdwellers’ homes destroyed on Valentine’s Day
City of Cape Town says shacks were unoccupied but residents disagree
News | 20 February 2019
1,000 families move onto vacant land as mayor freezes evictions
Residents name settlement “Bobani Village” after Nelson Mandela Bay mayor
Brief | 20 February 2019
Buffalo City mum on its shoddy RDP houses
Residents say they occupied the poorly built, incomplete houses after they had stood empty for six months
News | 15 February 2019
Hundreds left homeless after shack fire in Dunoon
People have lost everything in the fire, but luckily there were no fatalities
Brief | 15 February 2019
Vredenburg community to get new homes after protests
Saldanha Bay Municipality says protest damage came to R10 million
News | 11 February 2019
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