The municipality is assessing whether the shacks can get electricity
News | 25 November 2020
Judges will rule whether a court order must be sought in all cases
Law | 24 November 2020
Families moved to the “temporary relocation area” have grown in size over the past five years
News | 23 November 2020
Councillor blames disagreement in the community
News | 23 November 2020
Zwelenkosi Ngidi had gone to Cape Town police to find out about arrested community leaders
By Vincent Lali
News | 20 November 2020
“My shack was filled with smoke and it was so hot inside. I grabbed my baby and ran out.”
News | 19 November 2020
Atlantis was going to be a hub, said Judge Sher, but now “people are stuck out there with great unemployment and social problems”
By James Stent
Law | 18 November 2020
City argued that providing social or temporary housing in the inner city would take time
By James Stent
Law | 17 November 2020
Homes built for Soweto hostel residents in 2010 will have to be demolished and rebuilt
By Mosa Damane
News | 17 November 2020
Cancellation of sale agreement between Western Cape government and the school that bought the property has not been finalised
By James Stent
News | 13 November 2020
Land occupiers say they want water, toilets and electricity, but the City of Cape Town says the land is not suitable
By Vincent Lali
News | 12 November 2020
Evictees say they were out of options
News | 12 November 2020
They say they do not know who to ask for help as farm owner is impossible to track down
News | 10 November 2020
Effingham shack dwellers feel neglected by the eThekwini Municipality
News | 10 November 2020
There is a a decades-long battle over Boschendal housing
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 6 November 2020
Some people started rebuilding on Tuesday after the homes of 139 people were gutted by a shack fire on Monday
Brief | 4 November 2020