Housing
SAHRC commissioner finds sewage gushing from drains in Cape Town housing project
Residents of Victoria Mxenge demand a permanent solution to sewerage problems
News | 15 June 2021
No money for electrification, municipal official tells shack dwellers
Residents from five informal settlements in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality are demanding electricity and other services
News | 14 June 2021
Wheelchair users struggle to use sewage covered, pothole-ridden roads in Dunoon
One man says people charge him R130 to push his wheelchair to the shops or nearby clinic
Brief | 7 June 2021
Cape Town golf clubs may be turned into housing - City documents
Activists welcome possible change of policy
News | 4 June 2021
City of Cape Town to evict dozens of Observatory residents
The Willow Arts Collective had been hoping to lease land from the City
News | 4 June 2021
Shack dwellers install their own taps and toilets
8,000 families in Khayelitsha find ways to cope without city services
By Vincent Lali
News | 2 June 2021
City’s approach to homeless people is not working
This simplistic narrative of helping to reduce homelessness by just donating to one group of shelters is harmful
Opinion | 1 June 2021
Protesters torch ten electricity poles in Kariega
Several communities surrounding Area 11 plunged into darkness since Saturday
Brief | 1 June 2021
City of Cape Town slammed for asking public for complaints against homeless people
Counter campaign to City’s appeal launched by activists
By Marecia Damons and James Stent
News | 31 May 2021