Housing

Storm wreaks havoc in Vhembe district

At least 40 homes severely damaged. Families now getting help from the government

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Brief | 20 April 2020

“Politicians come and make promises that are never fulfilled” says Oudtshoorn resident

The municipality says there are plans to improve the nearly 20-year-old settlements

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News | 20 April 2020

Relocated fire victims made unwelcome by PE homeowners

“We have suffered enough in the hall and now they want to finish us off here”

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Brief | 19 April 2020

Covid-19: How a woman copes without a toilet or water

“I make my kids stay in my yard or lie in bed throughout the day”

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News | 18 April 2020

Tribunal slams province and City over River Club developments

Government accused of political posturing in support of a private developer rather than working with Heritage Western Cape

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News | 18 April 2020

Shack dwellers win court victory against City of Cape Town

Empolweni residents whose shacks were demolished during the lockdown can return to the land and rebuild

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Brief | 17 April 2020

Covid-19: Homeless in PE ask what will happen after the lockdown is lifted

“We can’t just let them go back to the streets like that” says social development MEC

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News | 17 April 2020

Covid-19: People seek shelter at church after City demolishes shacks in Khayelitsha

Residents say they are unable to rebuild their shacks and unable to return to their former backyards

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News | 15 April 2020

Covid-19: The Strandfontein Relocation Camp is a test of our morality as a city

Thousands of Capetonians object to the way the City is treating homeless people during the lockdown

Opinion | 14 April 2020

City officers shoot at Khayelitsha protesters

Conflict over how to respond to land occupation during lockdown intensifies

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News | 12 April 2020

Activists and Cape Town law enforcement clash in Khayelitsha

Dispute over shack demolitions during Covid-19 lockdown escalates

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Brief | 11 April 2020

Covid-19: Lockdown blamed for desperate Cape Town land occupation

Law enforcement officers demolish dozens of shacks

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News | 11 April 2020

Woman allegedly shot during shack demolition

eThekwini municipality denies it is breaking eviction moratorium

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News | 10 April 2020

Covid-19: Cape Town’s homeless camp: some answers, more questions

City aims to keep 2,000 people at Strandfontein site

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News | 10 April 2020

Covid-19: Homeless, unemployed and stuck in South Africa

Limpopo moves people living on the streets into shelters

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Brief | 8 April 2020

Covid-19: Shackdwellers lose court case to stop demolitions

“Covid-19 does not mean that there must be a holiday in respecting the laws of the country” says Durban mayor

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News | 8 April 2020