Housing
Trouble in Paradise Park: the seven-year battle to keep eviction at bay
“I would not have invested my money here if somebody told me the truth,” says Hermanus home owner
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 27 October 2022
The Mamelodi hostel where “Emzini Wezinsizwa” was filmed is a mess
Site of hit 1990s SABC comedy series has no electricity
News | 25 October 2022
“The municipality dumped us here like rubbish” says Gqeberha woman
Many of Rolihlahla’s households were moved to the prefabricated bungalows by the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality because of Covid
News | 24 October 2022
Judge “unscrambles an egg”: 20 years of property sales reversed
It started in 2001 when a bank bought the house for R100
Law | 24 October 2022
More than 100 families at Paradise Park in Hermanus to be evicted, as judge dismisses appeal application
Stern words from the judge as a seven-year resistance to eviction appears to come to an end
Law | 24 October 2022
Delft households without electricity for weeks at a time
Families blame illegal connections from nearby settlement
Brief | 20 October 2022
District Six occupiers paid compensation by City of Cape Town
Court ruled that they were illegally evicted
By Liezl Human
News | 14 October 2022
No shelter for homeless people in Knysna, but that may change soon
Municipality says its working on opening a temporary shelter for about 200 people by the end of this year
News | 14 October 2022
Families living in community hall since 2018 face eviction
The group of former backyard dwellers have been occupying Gugulethu’s Luyolo hall for four years
News | 13 October 2022