Housing

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Humansdorp families stuck in emergency housing since 2011

“The municipality promised to relocate us to another site but nothing has happened so far”

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News | 30 April 2018

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I love it here, says dump site resident

Families living next to New England landfill say they can walk to collect their groceries

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News | 30 April 2018

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Much needed Cape rain floods homes

Khayelitsha residents wake early to find their shacks soaking

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Photo Essay | 27 April 2018

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Sewer pipe collapses and destroys homes

Our whole living room collapsed and our bedroom where my wife was sleeping, says resident

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News | 26 April 2018

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Know your rights: when can you be evicted and how?

No-one can be evicted without an order of a court

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Law | 26 April 2018

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Vrygrond residents to restart land occupation

Community leaders unhappy with outcome of meeting with mayor

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News | 25 April 2018

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Hout Bay residents have title deeds but no houses

Bureaucratic bungling has left dozens in limbo for 13 years

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News | 24 April 2018

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Angry residents surround ANC regional leadership in Pietermaritzburg city hall

Protests against alleged corruption in municipality

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News | 23 April 2018

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SASSA’s disastrous disaster management

Residents were left without blankets and food after a fire in Wallacedene in February despite the City of Cape Town having notified SASSA officials

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News | 20 April 2018