Housing
Solution to Dunoon’s railway occupation foiled
People living on Transnet land were meant to be relocated in 2013. But the plan stalled when more people moved onto the railway tracks.
News | 16 December 2025
In photos: Homes destroyed in KZN storm
“I saw the corrugated iron roof blowing off”
Photo Essay | 11 December 2025
After the shelter: Cape Town’s urgent need to house homeless people
Shelters and Safe Spaces are only stop-gap solutions. Transitional accommodation and support is needed, say experts.
News | 10 December 2025
Tshwane residents get eviction notices for Christmas
Many people living in municipal building say they cannot afford rent elsewhere and fear they will end up on the streets
News | 8 December 2025
Flood victims’ homes demolished by Ethekwini Municipality
Municipality says the shacks are built unlawfully and bylaws need to be enforced
Brief | 5 December 2025
Cape Town city council approves plan to sell Woodstock Hospital
Residential development planned, including affordable housing
News | 4 December 2025
Mother and three children burned alive in Langa shack fire
There were two shack fires in the area on Monday
Brief | 2 December 2025
Rent control not only fails, it entrenches inequality
The solution to housing affordability is to increase supply by building more housing
Opinion | 1 December 2025
EThekwini blames Shembe Church for delays in housing project
Burlington development has been stuck since 2022
News | 27 November 2025