Housing
Panashe, four months old, lives in a ditch with his mother
Melissa Gwarimba just wishes the Musina municipality would provide bathrooms for homeless people
News | 28 April 2023
“Freedom Day is for rich people.” Shackdwellers protest in Durban
Residents of informal settlements march to city hall
News | 26 April 2023
Drakenstein municipality heads to Supreme Court of Appeal over emergency housing
The municipality says its housing policy for poor rural and farm dwellers “is more generous than other municipalities in the Western Cape”
By Liezl Human
News | 25 April 2023
300 toilets were built on this site seven years ago. Now at last the promised houses may be built around them
Families are still living in shacks next to their broken toilets
Brief | 25 April 2023
Durban flood victims accuse government of not keeping its promises
We spoke to families living in emergency accommodation near the city centre
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 24 April 2023
Kariega shackdwellers threaten to move into housing project
Families are eyeing vacant sites with electricity
Brief | 20 April 2023
Khoisan occupation in Grabouw is no longer our problem, says forestry department
The settlement called Knoflokskraal is to be managed by departments of Public Works and COGTA
By Liezl Human
Brief | 18 April 2023
People occupying Observatory site reject City of Cape Town’s housing offers
They argue that the sites in Philippi, Mfuleni and the Culemborg Safe Space are not reasonable housing options
News | 14 April 2023
Children are dying from izinyoka electricity while Tongaat families wait to be housed
Four years after construction started, not a single house has been completed in R120-million Umbhayi project
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 6 April 2023