Housing
Everything you need to know about government housing
Struggling to understand how to get a government house? We hope this guide helps you.
Explainer | 20 July 2017
300 beds added to Western Cape’s shelters over past three years
But Cape Town CBD homeless shelters still need more beds
News | 20 July 2017
Red Ants turf residents out of Johannesburg building
But legality of inner city eviction under question
News | 19 July 2017
Official threatened me with old age home, says granny
75-year-old woman says she was told she would be sent to an institution if she did not shut up about her RDP house
News | 19 July 2017
City announces U-turn on social housing
Reclaim the City welcomes plans for ten new sites for affordable housing but says it remains cautious
News | 18 July 2017
Where a house for one means homelessness for another
Many people have lost their backyard shacks after RDP houses built in Wallacedene
By Vincent Lali
News | 18 July 2017
We can fix the rural housing shortage
But it will need farmers, municipalities, NGOs, unions, and businesses to work together
By Peter de Wet
Opinion | 17 July 2017
Leader in Khayelitsha land occupation murdered
“We don’t know who to trust. We don’t know who is next.”
News | 17 July 2017
Red Ants accused of firing rubber bullets
Residents also claim their belongings were stolen during evictions
News | 14 July 2017