Housing
Women’s hostel two-week blackout blamed on strike in eThekwini
Five women from Thokoza Hostel were arrested on Tuesday after protesting to get the electricity restored
Brief | 13 March 2024
Blikkiesdorp community protest after years of waiting for houses
They say their structures are falling apart and the area has become unliveable
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 8 March 2024
In photos: Cape Town’s apartheid-era flats
More than R1.2-billion has been allocated over the next three years to maintain these blocks
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 8 March 2024
Wits students stage ‘sleepover’ protests
The university says its made 530 emergency beds available and has reopened applications to on-campus residences
News | 6 March 2024
Three people in hospital with serious burns after Dunoon shack fires
At least 200 people were left homeless after two fires at the weekend
Brief | 5 March 2024
After 25 years, 81-year-old Mthatha widow finally gets an RDP house
“I don’t have much but I’m happy for a decent house,” says Ndenzeni Njwenene
Brief | 4 March 2024
Photographing an eviction in Cape Town
I placed a GoPro on my camera to show what’s happening from a photographer’s perspective
Video | 29 February 2024
PRASA relocation of railway line occupiers was illegal, claims City of Cape Town
Parliament hears that City issued a contravention notice to rail agency, despite being part of relocation discussions
News | 28 February 2024
Echoes of District Six evictions in case before the Constitutional Court
Judges question City of Cape Town about eviction of Bromwell Street tenants
News | 28 February 2024