Housing rights group argues the Cityâs Safe Space shelters do not meet constitutional requirements for alternative accommodation
News | 24 June 2025
Leeuwfontein home owners want their neighbourhood to be made a formal part of the city so that they can get water and sanitation
Brief | 23 June 2025
Heritage approval granted, but funding is uncertain and informal settlement families still need to be relocated
By Matthew Hirsch and Daniel Steyn
News | 23 June 2025
The Department of Public Works will meet with the City of Cape Town to discuss alternative accommodation
Brief | 19 June 2025
Riverside informal settlement is built on a floodplain, says City of Cape Town, so services canât be provided
News | 18 June 2025
One couple has been waiting 14 years for their house to be built
By Tladi Moloi
Brief | 13 June 2025
Fix our flats, protesters tell municipality
Brief | 12 June 2025
We visited hostels in Gugulethu which were overcrowded and falling apart
News | 10 June 2025
Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements says construction will happen later this year
News | 9 June 2025
A 2012 Corruption Watch report stated that the houses âwere invaded because they were left empty for a long timeâ
News | 6 June 2025
âThe City should stop calling us illegal occupants and give us servicesâ
Brief | 5 June 2025
Residents demand municipality fulfil its promises
Brief | 2 June 2025
Lamontville has been battered by floods
News | 1 June 2025
Free State housing departmentâs database incorrectly showed Maleroele Molato had received a house 15 years ago
By Tladi Moloi
Brief | 28 May 2025
Thousands of people live in Lamontvilleâs apartheid-era hostels
Photo Essay | 26 May 2025
Residents say they have no choice but to illegally connect electricity and water
Text by Warren Mabona. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 24 May 2025