Housing
Court blocks activist event in Woodstock
City of Cape Town brought an urgent application against Reclaim the City
By Kim Reynolds
News | 27 October 2018
Over 800 people homeless after Vrygrond fire
309 homes destroyed in Overcome Heights informal settlement
News | 26 October 2018
Cape Town City Council delays decision on social housing project
“The decision today is unjustifiable. Council is a total and utter shambles,” says housing activist
By Aidan Jones
News | 25 October 2018
Khayelitsha fire victims battle to put their lives together again
Baby born in church hall
By Vincent Lali
News | 25 October 2018
R162-million housing project incomplete after over a decade
“The conditions are shocking. As the government we are ashamed,” says KZN Premier
News | 24 October 2018
Joburg’s Golden Highway barricaded in housing protest
Freedom Park residents demand land
By Zoë Postman
News | 23 October 2018
Toilets unserviced for five years in East London
Residents say 200 people use two working toilets and one communal tap
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 22 October 2018
Fire leaves over 1,000 people homeless in Philippi
City says approximately 120 shacks destroyed and 1,400 people displaced in Kosovo informal settlement
News | 22 October 2018
Heartbreaking stories after massive Khayelitsha blaze
Hundreds of shacks destroyed and one person killed
By Vincent Lali and GroundUp Staff
News | 21 October 2018