Housing
Clashes in Khayelitsha following land occupation
“I have no source of income because I’m jobless but I have to pay R500 to my landlord monthly”
By Vincent Lali, Mary-Anne Gontsana and Thembela Ntongana
News | 21 August 2017
Activists suspect security company of attacking them
“Leave this building, you cannot stay here. This building doesn’t belong to you!”
By Zoe Postman
News | 21 August 2017
Hangberg residents protest for better living conditions
Demonstration started when community learnt that about R100 million was being spent on nearby informal settlement
Text by Sune Payne. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Brief | 18 August 2017
Blind and diabetic in a cold little shack
Gugulethu woman tries to get by on R350 a month
News | 17 August 2017
Blaze leaves dozens of girls unable to attend school
Gamble Street Secondary School appeals for assistance
Brief | 16 August 2017
R60bn Constitutional Court case against banks
Applicants want criminal investigation into bank executives
By Ciaran Ryan
News | 16 August 2017
Hout Bay residents protest against reblocking
They accuse community leaders who support reblocking of corruption
News | 15 August 2017
Evictions at Cape Town social housing complex
Steenvilla is seen as a model development - much will depend on its success or failure
News | 14 August 2017
Eastern Cape villagers drink water with animals
Taps in KwaDukathole have run dry since 2014, say villagers
Brief | 14 August 2017