Housing
Two months without water in settlement for elderly and people with disabilities
Eight water tanks for 500 households in Dubai were last filled in February
Brief | 10 May 2021
Mayor fails to produce evidence that “foreigners” are behind Gqeberha land occupations
Mayor Nqaba Bhanga has been criticised by civil society for placing immigrants’ lives at risk by making unsubstantiated inflammatory comments
News | 6 May 2021
Fix sewage problem before adding more houses say Philippi residents
City blames misuse of the system for the frequent blockages
News | 6 May 2021
Protesters set fire to electricity poles in Kariega
“Let there be darkness for all” says man
Brief | 5 May 2021
Unsuitable houses allocated to people with disabilities in Tongaat
RDP homes have been abandoned
Brief | 4 May 2021
Kariega shack dwellers stop electrification project
Informal settlement residents are demanding their homes get electricity first
Brief | 3 May 2021
Life after a devastating fire in Cato Manor’s Marikana
The informal settlement is home to about 6,000 people
Photo Essay | 30 April 2021
What has been granted in the Tafelberg leave to appeal?
Leave to appeal the sale was denied, but a higher court is to hear appeals on a number of related issues
By James Stent
News | 30 April 2021