Housing

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RDP houses unfit for people with disabilities

People with disabilities are prioritised for RDP houses but their homes are often not adjusted for them despite mounds of legislation

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News | 19 July 2018

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Family breadwinner electrocuted by illegal connection

Residents say they have long been battling with the municipality to get electrification for Vastrap informal settlement

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News | 18 July 2018

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Shack erected at Helen Zille’s residence

Youth collective say the premier should spend her 67 minutes for Mandela Day inside the shack

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Brief | 18 July 2018

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In photos: Hermanus protests

Community want charges dropped against arrested leader

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Photo Essay | 16 July 2018

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Community leaders’ homes destroyed in Khayelitsha by angry residents

They asked why I live in a shack while other residents’ shacks are being destroyed

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News | 16 July 2018

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Families challenge eviction from RDP flats in Umlazi

27 families occupied new units fearing they would be overlooked for housing

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News | 13 July 2018

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Protesters close municipal offices in Gugulethu

Protest was unrelated to the torching of the Gugulethu fire station and municipal building on Thursday morning

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Brief | 12 July 2018

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300 toilets without houses after five years

Uitenhage housing beneficiaries were moved to the toilets a year ago

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Brief | 12 July 2018

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Housing protest in Pietermaritzburg leaves residents in the dark

Protesters burn electricity transformers and block roads in Copesville

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Brief | 11 July 2018