Housing
State refused to help immigrant fire victims, so this organisation stepped up
Immigrants who lost their shacks in a fire in Briardene last month were refused building materials by the state
Brief | 12 August 2021
Draft Cape Town by-law could see land occupiers fined or imprisoned for up to two years, fear housing activists
Treating occupiers as criminals fails to recognise that the vast majority of people are forced to take land, says Ndifuna Ukwazi
News | 11 August 2021
“We don’t want handouts. We want land”
Western Cape farm workers picket outside parliament
By Liezl Human
Brief | 11 August 2021
Dunoon man electrocuted trying to put out the shack fire that killed another man
Residents say electrocuted man helped them fight for the land they are living on
Brief | 10 August 2021
Families living along Cape Town railway line to be resettled
Court rules that the land occupiers must get basic services on new land
News | 6 August 2021
Immigrant fire victims denied building materials and land in Durban
While South African families in Briardene pick up their lives, immigrants have been excluded from rebuilding efforts
News | 5 August 2021
Community torch municipal office after shacks demolished
“I was relaxing on my couch when they arrived with their crowbars. They just tore apart my shack” says Gqeberha mother of four
News | 5 August 2021
Families living in filth in abandoned building
Gugulethu ward councillor acknowledges building is falling apart but can’t help occupants because it’s privately owned
News | 5 August 2021
People here have been waiting for houses since 1996. They may soon get them
The Valhalla Park Housing Project began in 2016. The first houses are almost finished
Brief | 2 August 2021