Housing
Families stuck in transit camp as eThekwini housing project remains incomplete
They were relocated in 2019 to make way for the housing project. But their living conditions have deteriorated since then
Brief | 16 February 2024
Evicted Alexandra families spend the night on the street
Dozens of families evicted from container housing by the City of Johannesburg
News | 13 February 2024
Mamelodi flood victims demand City keeps its promise to relocate them
City of Tshwane says Mavuso residents will be relocated to land acquired by the provincial government
Brief | 12 February 2024
Students sleep on the floor at CPUT amid housing funding blunder
The university says its own accredited and leased residences have already reached full capacity
News | 12 February 2024
Huge Gugulethu housing project dead in the water
Successive failure of construction companies leaves families waiting
News | 8 February 2024
Court battle looms over Observatory pavement occupation
The City wants to move the occupiers to Delft South but they say that’s too far away
News | 2 February 2024
Battle in Khayelitsha over occupied land
The Khayelitsha Community Trust plans to build a private hospital displacing informal settlement formed during Covid
By Vincent Lali
News | 2 February 2024
Tenants say they’ve been abandoned in Benoni’s crumbling apartheid-era municipal flats
80-year-old Sarah Govender has lived in the Actonville flats since the 1980s
News | 2 February 2024
Nine years later, here is how Wolwerivier is doing
Residents of the City’s emergency housing development face unemployment, extreme heat, and overcrowding. But “we have achieved a lot” says a community member
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 1 February 2024