Housing

City commits to accommodating Maynard Street tenants

“There will be no evictions” says councillor

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News | 8 June 2018

Shacks destroyed as fire services arrive late

Residents say cooking accident started blaze

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News | 7 June 2018

Gugulethu man blames City contractors for his crooked house

Mzwandile Mvumvu believes his house collapsed after work was done on sewage pipes outside

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News | 7 June 2018

Expropriating land without compensation: shack-dwellers have their say

“People just want decent homes. They are not asking for palaces.”

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News | 5 June 2018

Protests close down Cape Town business district

Westlake marchers walk 8km to councillor’s office demanding housing

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News | 4 June 2018

Tsunami residents demand toilets and a clean neighbourhood

“Sometimes residents return from the bushes undressed after thugs rob them of their clothes and hard-earned cash.”

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News | 4 June 2018

Five children die in Philippi fire

Nearest tap was hundreds of metres away

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News | 3 June 2018

Dispute over legality of Khayelitsha shack demolitions

Social Justice Coalition claims shacks were occupied and that City didn’t have eviction order

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News | 1 June 2018

Land occupiers set building alight with family inside

“All I could hear was frantic screaming” says employee of Cremona Cheese Factory

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News | 1 June 2018

Vastrap residents demand houses, roads, toilets and electricity

Despite tensions, black and coloured residents protest together

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News | 1 June 2018

No sign of promised Masiphumelele houses

Construction was due to start six months ago

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Brief | 1 June 2018

Vrygrond: Mayor’s new proposal for housing

Land close to landfill could be used if tests show it is safe

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News | 30 May 2018

Our lives have changed for the better, say land occupiers

Former Khayelitsha backyarders say their financial problems have been eased, but councillor warns that land is unsuitable for living

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News | 30 May 2018

Protests erupt in Woodlands as shacks demolished

Shops looted, seven arrested

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News | 29 May 2018

Land occupiers demand cheese factory site

We have nowhere else to live, say EbuMandini residents

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News | 29 May 2018

Activists demand social housing on sports field in Green Point

“We have enough land for sports. We need housing.”

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News | 28 May 2018