Housing
Memorial held for Dumisani Joxo who was killed, allegedly by a Cape Town officer
Joxo, a homeless man, was shot on 9 January 2022
News | 14 January 2022
Alexandra’s residents clean up township
Government welcomes community forum’s effort
Brief | 15 December 2021
Shack dwellers demolish unoccupied shacks themselves
Khayelitsha task team is also trying to drain off sewage water
News | 10 December 2021
Deadline looms for families facing eviction from police safehouses
“Where are we going to go? Back to the community where police are treated like dogs?”
News | 10 December 2021
Limpopo woman says she was inside her shack when the municipality bulldozed it
“I rushed inside and the whole shack fell on me” says Josephine Msiza
Brief | 9 December 2021
Constitutional Court refuses damages to Ekurhuleni shack dwellers
Majority of judges say damages cannot be awarded to enforce socio-economic rights
Law | 7 December 2021
Backyarders occupy houses in Cape Town
City has “ejected” them and laid criminal charges
News | 7 December 2021
Children die in devastating Kraaifontein shack fire
Family pleads for help to bury Akhanani and Ayola Bulani
Brief | 6 December 2021
Families struggle to rebuild their homes after Khayelitsha fire
“People were crying, some were running up and down, and others just stood there in shock” says fire victim
Brief | 2 December 2021