Housing

Eldorado Park residents storm out of City of Johannesburg meeting

Residents say they want housing urgently

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Brief | 11 November 2024

Battle over land in KwaZulu-Natal

Since 2022, people have been trying to occupy land in Rocky Ridge in KwaDukuza

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Feature | 5 November 2024

Cape Town City Council votes to release land for affordable housing

On Wednesday the City gave the green light for the release of land in Brackenfell, Wesfleur and Belhar

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Brief | 30 October 2024

Development of Tshwane settlement stalled by power struggle

“Founder” of Ebhubesini blocks land surveyors from starting housing process

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News | 28 October 2024

Elderly Ga-Rankuwa residents march to demand tarred roads

“When it rains we can’t even go to the shops”

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Brief | 25 October 2024

Hundreds homeless after KZN demolitions

KwaDukuza municipality gets court order, demolishes 50 shacks

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Brief | 24 October 2024

Promised land is a battleground: inside a Cato Manor informal settlement

Murder and fear stalk eKhenana shack dwellers

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Feature | 22 October 2024

Over 70 people left homeless after Khayelitsha fire

Fire victims say they do not have the means to rebuild their homes

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Brief | 21 October 2024

How bureaucracy prevents people from getting houses

Supply isn’t coming close to meeting the demand for state-subsidised housing

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News | 10 October 2024

Interview: Western Cape Premier Alan Winde answers questions on social housing

Winde explains why R500-million meant for housing went unspent

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Interview | 8 October 2024

Tshwane non-profit social housing company in business rescue

Yeast City Housing is fighting for survival with debt of over R130-million

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News | 7 October 2024

Germiston informal settlement neglected since dawn of democracy

“We have rats that are as big as cats here”

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Brief | 2 October 2024

Housing activists welcome City’s intention to develop Mowbray golf course

For years Reclaim the City and Ndifuna Ukwazi have been calling for leased golf courses to rather be used for social housing

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Brief | 2 October 2024

In photos: the Reclaim the City occupations

Open day at the old Woodstock Hospital and Helen Bowden Nurses Home in Cape Town

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Photo Essay | 2 October 2024

After 22 years, almost half of labour tenant land claims are unresolved

Law guarantees land ownership to labour tenants who were given access to land in exchange for labour during apartheid

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News | 2 October 2024

Protesters block West Rand roads, demanding schools, clinic and a police station

Residents of Fleurhof housing development say they are being ignored

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Brief | 1 October 2024