Housing
Siqalo shack dwellers want solar power
Residents are asking the City of Cape Town to subsidise a model they say worked in Stellenbosch
News | 8 July 2021
Makeshift church takes in flood victims in Bloekombos
Nomava Mboniswa offered her zinc church structure after she saw images of the flood on TV
By Vincent Lali
News | 8 July 2021
Filthy water killed my chickens, says Khayelitsha protester
Shack dwellers demand the nearby sewage pump station be fixed
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 6 July 2021
Makhana municipality dodges responsibility for abandoned houses
Empty RDP houses attract crime, say residents
News | 6 July 2021
Court dismisses Observatory occupants’ application against City of Cape Town
A date for the final hearing on the eviction case is yet to be determined
By Liezl Human
Brief | 6 July 2021
Sanitation worse than ever after floods hit informal settlement
Residents of Ethembeni in Khayelitsha say they urgently need ten to 15 chemical toilets
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 5 July 2021
Where are our ward councillors? ask flood victims
Shacks flooded by heavy rains in Khayelitsha
By Vincent Lali
News | 2 July 2021
Homes flooded after Diep River bursts its banks
Community-built Dunoon barrier fails to save people from winter floods
Brief | 2 July 2021
Video: Horrific footage of flooded Cape Town shacks
A terrible rainstorm in Cape Town has flooded shacks in Kraaifontein.
Video | 1 July 2021