Housing
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
Gauteng court rules against cheap bank repossessions
Judgment is a victory for Johannesburg homeowners, and possibly homeowners across the country
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 13 September 2018
Did Cape Town lose millions on Foreshore land sale?
City appears to have sold property to Growthpoint for R1,880 instead of R5,000 per square metre of possible floor space
News | 13 September 2018
Hostel has one toilet for 39 households
“We are being undermined because we are staying in a hostel”
Brief | 13 September 2018