Housing
Mamelodi flood victims want City to honour promise to relocate them
City of Tshwane says it is busy acquiring land and planning a new township in Pienaarspoort
News | 28 September 2021
Duncan Village residents chase away government officials
Residents upset that officials were accompanied by people affiliated to the ward councillor who they say has neglected them
News | 22 September 2021
700 shacks demolished by Makhado municipality using an interim court order
Land occupiers say the municipality broke its 2018 promise to build them RDP houses and now it is auctioning off the land
News | 20 September 2021
How to buy an affordable home in the Western Cape
Finance Linked Individual Subsidy will no longer be dependent on bond approval
Opinion | 20 September 2021
There have been nearly 1,200 shack fires in Cape Town this year, claiming over 80 lives
The City used to provide kits swiftly for fire victims but the end of a grant means that SASSA has taken this over, and help comes much slower
By Vincent Lali
News | 16 September 2021
Gqeberha families have been housed on land polluted by methane gas, but municipality won’t explain what’s going on
Mayco member tells GroundUp reporter to “Google methane gas”
News | 15 September 2021
How a determined community is fighting the army’s attempts to evict them
Happiness Village’s residents fear for their lives and face unlawful evictions, beatings and intimidation, legal action and shack demolitions
Feature | 9 September 2021
Cape Town’s emergency housing programme is unconstitutional, says court
Judge tells City to find housing in the inner city for Bromwell Street families
News | 7 September 2021
City of Cape Town defends its demolition of Green Point tent camp in court
Ndifuna Ukwazi says City by-laws cannot be allowed to trump constitutional rights
News | 6 September 2021