Housing

Government needs to innovate if it hopes to address the housing crisis

NGOs could play a vital role as intermediaries

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Opinion | 30 August 2023

Housing activists march to President’s doorstep

The existing State Land Disposal Act could be used to fast track the use of public land for human settlement

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News | 23 August 2023

Mamelodi shack dwellers won’t get promised houses anytime soon

City of Tshwane says it intends to complete approval for a township for Stoffel Park in April 2024

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News | 23 August 2023

Students fear being evicted again if NSFAS payment issues not resolved

“My family is over 1,500 kilometres away in the Free State and I don’t really have anyone in Cape Town that I can go live with if we are evicted again,” she says.

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News | 18 August 2023

Families flee Cape Town informal settlements under threat

Nearby backyarders hope for houses, though the City of Cape Town says the land is “lost” for housing

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News | 18 August 2023

Residents of Afrikaner enclave want to be integrated into City of Tshwane

Discontented Kleinfontein residents question company rule under share block scheme

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News | 17 August 2023

Swellendam protesters torch municipal offices

Shops looted as residents take to the streets complaining of racism and neglect

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News | 17 August 2023

Dozens of families still homeless a month after Durban shack fire

While waiting for building material, fire victims have been living in the community hall or with neighbours

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Brief | 15 August 2023

Shack dwellers look to renewable energy to power informal settlements

A group of organisations have created successful small projects, but now they want to aim bigger

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Brief | 15 August 2023

Family demand justice for teen shot dead during protest

“Not a single government official has come here to show their sympathy” laments Karabo Chaka’s uncle

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News | 7 August 2023

Slovo Park fury at City of Johannesburg’s broken promises

City has still not upgraded the settlement in spite of a 2016 court ruling

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News | 4 August 2023

Heritage approval granted for social housing development at old Woodstock hospital

The City of Cape Town has welcomed heritage approval to proceed with its social housing plans, but the hospital is already occupied

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News | 1 August 2023

Khayelitsha volunteers roll up sleeves to clean up uncollected rubbish

Residents say the contractor stopped cleaning over two months ago because of a dispute with the City

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News | 1 August 2023

Six family members, including three children, die in Khayelitsha shack fire

One person is still being treated in hospital for life-threatening burns

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News | 31 July 2023

Western Cape government to decide on homeless shelter in District Six

Public submission process has closed

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Brief | 26 July 2023