Housing
Where are the houses we were promised in 1996, ask the elderly women of Kei Road
“It is clear our government only helps those who protest”
News | 27 July 2022
Relocation is “on track”, Mbalula tells families living along railway line
Metrorail line in Langa to be vacated in November
Brief | 27 July 2022
“If they try to evict people, there will be bloodshed” say RDP occupiers
City of Ekurhuleni to evict about 500 families occupying houses in Nigel
News | 26 July 2022
Parks for the people: everyone needs green spaces
Urban South Africans use what little green space is available to them very creatively, and deserve more support
By Peta Brom, Ida Breed, Kristine Engermann-Jensen, Titilope Onaolapo and Maya Pasgaard
Opinion | 25 July 2022
Families to be kicked off state farm to make way for private farmer
The fate of about 20 households hangs in the air as the Agricultural Research Council moves ahead with plans to lease the farm
By Liezl Human
News | 22 July 2022
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