Housing
500 families face eviction without alternative accommodation
High Court upholds eviction notice for Nigel RDP house occupiers
News | 1 June 2023
Ficksburg community leaders arrested during clashes over land occupation
The Setsoto Local Municipality has obtained an interim order preventing any new shacks from being erected
Brief | 1 June 2023
Standoff between shack dwellers and sand mining company in Khayelitsha
Mining operations halted after families living in shacks near the site complain about sand filling their homes
By Vincent Lali
News | 30 May 2023
Ekurhuleni’s multi-billion rand housing project stalls as nearby shack dwellers demand services
“The government has surely forgotten us” says Daggafontein pensioner
News | 29 May 2023
School land occupiers demand relocation to serviced sites
East London shack dwellers say they won’t move unless it is somewhere with water, electricity and toilets
News | 26 May 2023
Court upholds eviction of circus occupiers
Residents offered accommodation at the Culemborg Safe Space and must be out by 31 July
News | 26 May 2023
“Biased” magistrate should have recused herself, judge finds in Communicare case
Court sets aside decision by acting magistrate Venice Burgins
Law | 24 May 2023
Khayelitsha families want asbestos roofing removed
Project to fix houses was halted during Covid
By Vincent Lali
News | 23 May 2023
Flooding in Eastern Cape: municipality blames residents, residents blame municipality
1,200 people evacuated in Nelson Mandela Bay after heavy rains
By Joseph Chirume and Johnnie Isaac
Photo Essay | 16 May 2023