Housing
Thousands struggle daily to get water in Mthatha
Municipal supplied jojo tanks were last filled in August in Joe Slovo Extension
News | 18 October 2021
Human Rights Commission asked to look into post-apartheid forced removal
255 people live in dire circumstances in “Soweto” in Mthatha after they were forcefully relocated in 2012
By Mkhuseli Sizani and Hoseya Jubase
News | 18 October 2021
50 shacks demolished in Durban without any warning say land occupiers
“Where do they expect us to go?”
News | 15 October 2021
Police use stun grenades to break up Cape Town housing protest
This followed a raid of the Woodstock Hospital occupation earlier on Friday
News | 15 October 2021
Cape Town home owners, fed up with City’s lack of action, pay to house homeless
Residents of houses on the border of Van Riebeeck Park made a plan to cover the cost of accomodating the people living in the park - for now
By Ashraf Hendricks and Marecia Damons
News | 14 October 2021
Residents of dilapidated Durban building want permission to build shacks
Families fear the two-storey building will collapse on them
News | 13 October 2021
Court dismisses bid to have judge removed in Cape Town eviction case
Human Rights Commission wants Anti-Land Invasion Unit declared unlawful
By Liezl Human
News | 12 October 2021
Court rules that District Six eviction was unlawful
People do not choose to live in a public parking area out of malice or wilfulness but out of desperation and need, says judge
Law | 11 October 2021
Makhanda dumpsite occupiers say they have nowhere else to go, as municipality tries to upgrade it
Company awarded R20m to refurbish the site. But a dispute with a subcontractor threatens the project.
News | 7 October 2021