Housing
Joe Slovo Park residents torch MyCiTi bus after shacks demolished
Land occupation followed removal of school classrooms
News | 26 June 2017
No houses for residents relocated two years ago
And no answers from the municipality on Mdantsane’s abandoned housing project
News | 26 June 2017
Police and NPA want land occupiers “punished by the courts”
Protesters accused of attacking school bus
Brief | 23 June 2017
Second week of mass evictions and violent protests in Port Elizabeth
Police conduct 3am raid, arrest 12 and confiscate petrol bombs and tyres
News | 21 June 2017
Masiphumelele residents question City’s compliance with court interdict
“They asked me if it was my house. I went inside but they knocked it down anyway.”
News | 21 June 2017
“This is not a place for human beings”
Blikkiesdorp was supposed to be temporary, but residents are stuck there indefinitely
By Trevor Bohatch and Ashraf Hendricks
News | 20 June 2017
Khayelitsha land occupiers granted bail
Backyarders from Town Two marched to Lingelethu police station on the weekend demanding release of six people who were arrested
News | 19 June 2017
Khayelitsha backyarders clash with police
People describe their desperation for a place to call home
News | 19 June 2017