Housing
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
Shack dwellers ask City to share cost of janitors
Toilets donated to community of Siyangena are kept clean by residents
News | 11 December 2018
Parkwood residents “losing hope” of receiving social housing
Ward councillor says project’s steering committee will report back this week
News | 10 December 2018
Housing allocation “chaos” in Umlazi
eThekwini Municipality admits “confusion” over who benefitted from housing project
News | 10 December 2018
Farm community demands homes promised over a decade ago
Stellenbosch Municipality blames developer for delays
Feature | 7 December 2018