“The City should stop calling us illegal occupants and give us services”
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 department’s database incorrectly showed Maleroele Molato had received a house 15 years ago
By Tladi Moloi
Brief | 28 May 2025
Thousands of people live in Lamontville’s 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
They want the City of Cape Town to help resolve the housing crisis in the community
By Iva Fulepu
News | 23 May 2025
Western Cape Government plans combination of social, affordable and high-end housing units
News | 22 May 2025
Anger over the dilapidated hostel has been simmering for years
Brief | 19 May 2025
Province says they earn too much to qualify to stay, but they disagree
Brief | 14 May 2025
The “use of court processes and laws which are designed to protect the vulnerable is deplorable”, says Judge Denise Fisher
Law | 13 May 2025
Residents have been replacing shacks with brick and mortar homes
News | 13 May 2025
Officials and contractors need to pay up, council resolves
By Johnnie Isaac and GroundUp Staff
News | 9 May 2025
The Greater Retreat Housing project was announced in 2018
News | 9 May 2025
City of Joburg says this is not an “eviction” but a “relocation”
News | 8 May 2025