Housing
De Lille requests investigation into Foreshore property sale
Site appears to have been sold by the City of Cape Town for much less than it was worth
News | 30 September 2018
Renewed effort to occupy land in Wallacedene
SANCO has come out in support of the land occupation
By Vincent Lali
News | 28 September 2018
City misses deadline on Masiphumelele land
Community wants land for relocation of wetland shacks and a development plan as agreed last year
News | 26 September 2018
Residents of Marikana informal settlement left in the dark
A year after High Court ordered City of Cape Town to buy the land but the matter is still in court
Brief | 21 September 2018
Why is there so much conflict between Abahlali and the state?
Scarcity of houses is just one part of a problem that has its roots in the province’s 1990s violence
Analysis | 20 September 2018
City of Cape Town fails to explain R140m property sale bungle
But there is a solution that can benefit the city’s residents
News | 20 September 2018
When government is a slumlord: Pefferville’s ghastly blocks of flats
“When it’s time to vote they will come here in numbers, yet we do not get any services from them”
By Chris Gilili
News | 19 September 2018
110 families in Mfuleni have no taps, toilets, electricity or even rubbish bin bags
“Government never told us where we should live after we had to move out”
By Vincent Lali
News | 18 September 2018
Zwelitsha shack-dwellers are building their own toilets and roads
Settlement not a priority, says City of Cape Town
By Vincent Lali
Feature | 14 September 2018