Housing
Victory for Abahlali and the Sheffield shack dwellers
KwaDukuza Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal has agreed to include over 300 households from the settlement in a new housing project
News | 20 July 2023
City of Cape Town has built fewer than 20 social housing units in the inner city in six years, say activists
City says it has made more than 32,000 square metres of land available but there are challenges, including “hijacking” of buildings
News | 19 July 2023
Flood victim Maria Mokgethi just wants a bit of help to rebuild her life
She and scores of others have been living in a community hall since February when floods destroyed their shacks in Tshwane
News | 19 July 2023
Hundreds march in Cape Town demanding better housing
Shack dwellers and backyarders say their living conditions are unbearable
Brief | 17 July 2023
Thousands left homeless by devastating Kennedy Road shack fire
One man died in the blaze early on Sunday morning
Brief | 17 July 2023
District Six residents oppose homeless shelter on historic site
Protesters want former Tafelberg crèche to be used for a community centre instead
News | 17 July 2023
R15-million Covid housing project ruined by fraud
Fraud accused in 2020 Talana construction case still to be brought to court
News | 12 July 2023
Public Protector probes government’s 2022 flood relief efforts
Auditor-General recently revealed that KwaZulu-Natal only spent R251-million of the R5.8-billion budget allocated in the aftermath of the 2022 floods
News | 12 July 2023