Housing
Backyarders finish houses abandoned by contractor
But the City of Cape Town says the contractor will be back and the occupiers will be evicted
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Siphokazi Mnyobe
News | 21 July 2022
Gqeberha mother wants to leave the settlement where her son drowned
Residents of Waterville want to be moved from the abandoned salt pans where they live
Brief | 19 July 2022
High Court rebukes City of Cape Town for Covid evictions
City wrongly applied the remedy of “counter spoliation” to demolish shacks, judges rule
Law | 19 July 2022
We won’t move, say Driftsands families living on floodplain
About 50 shacks have been moved to a safer site
News | 19 July 2022
Cape Town’s inner-city housing programme has stalled, activists say
City of Cape Town blames “major” delays on the occupations by Reclaim the City in 2017
News | 18 July 2022
City opens criminal case against flood victims occupying community hall
About 60 Mfuleni families moved into the hall after floods in June
Brief | 15 July 2022
“Our children play in fields full of poop and pee” says protester
Hundreds of Bayland informal settlement residents block roads in Gqeberha over electricity and basic services
Brief | 14 July 2022
Woman waiting for a house since 1994 hopes for a home in Winning Way
Dunoon housing project to give homes to 1,500 families
News | 14 July 2022
City blames occupiers for “hampering development” in Soshanguve
About 300 households at Kopanong informal settlement don’t have water and proper electricity
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 13 July 2022