Housing
No water, electricity or toilets for 280 families in Khayelitsha informal settlement
Residents say they have lived without basic services for three years
By Vincent Lali
News | 20 March 2023
Nearly 600 families at a temporary relocation area in Durban share eight toilets
eThekwini Municipality says its water and sanitation unit is busy with repairs
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 17 March 2023
After decades living in council flats, tenants want title deeds
Elderly residents of Nigel’s Alra Park say they were on the housing list but were allocated rental flats. Now they want ownership
News | 16 March 2023
Asbestos found in old hospital intended for homeless shelter
A new site in Zonnebloem in Cape Town has been identified instead of the Robbie Nurock Day Hospital
News | 15 March 2023
Cape Town’s notorious unfinished freeway finally gives way to Foreshore development
After 40 years the provincial government has relinquished a road reserve it kept for the freeway that was never built
News | 9 March 2023
No money for water and toilets at Khoisan occupation, MPs told
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, which owns the land, plans to have a meeting with the community later this month
By Liezl Human
News | 8 March 2023
Clean newly formed settlements, demand shack dwellers
Only 16 of the 36 new occupations established following the outbreak of Covid have been recognised, says Khayelitsha subcouncil chairman
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 6 March 2023
Court declares eviction of Nigel RDP occupiers unlawful
The occupiers demand alternative accommodation be provided
Brief | 3 March 2023
Evicted in the morning, 2,000 Nigel RDP occupiers move back in by evening
High Court ordered a stay of eviction after Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department put 500 families out on the street
News | 3 March 2023