Housing
Former street kid steps onto the global surfing stage
Capetonian Paul Sampson has battled seemingly insurmountable odds to compete with the best in the world
News | 11 April 2024
Thousands left homeless by storms and fires in the Cape
Heavy rains, high winds and fires devastate homes in past few days
Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 8 April 2024
100 shacks demolished by City of Joburg on rainy weekend
Red Ants tore down land occupiers’ homes in Glen Austin, Midrand, on Friday and Sunday
Brief | 8 April 2024
Fierce winds send Khayelitsha shacks flying
Chemical toilets toppled, roofs blown off
By Vincent Lali
Photo Essay | 8 April 2024
Protesters block busy Vereeniging road to complain about stalled housing project
Kanana Park residents from Thulamntwana township brought traffic to a standstill on Monday
Brief | 26 March 2024
Hundreds of people stake out plots for houses on empty land in Nelson Mandela Bay
Municipality says it will move against them
News | 20 March 2024
Housing activists frustrated by President Ramaphosa’s six-month silence on public land act
They have been demanding that government use the State Land Disposal Act of 1961 to rapidly free up land for housing
Brief | 18 March 2024
Thousands of people still living on Cape Town’s Central Line
This is in addition to the hundreds of families in shacks who were relocated from the railway line in Philippi in December
News | 14 March 2024
Joburg mayor snubs Diepkloof Hostel to deal with water crisis
People living in crumbling homes accuse the mayor of disrespecting them
News | 13 March 2024