Housing
Homeless people challenge Cape Town by-laws in court
City by-laws are unconstitutional and discriminatory says Ndifuna Ukwazi Law Centre
News | 8 April 2021
Covid-19: Lindiwe Sisulu fails to deliver R600 million rent relief
Housing activists demand answers eight months after Sisulu’s budget vote announcement
By Liezl Human
News | 7 April 2021
Cape Town’s Anti-Land Invasion Unit is unlawful, argues SAHRC
Demolition of structures and removal of land occupiers without a court order is unconstitutional, says advocate
By Liezl Human
Law | 1 April 2021
Swedish award offers some protection, says activist living “in the shadow of death”
Abahlali founder S’bu Zikode wins international human rights prize
News | 31 March 2021
Grandmother watched her 3-year-old grandson being electrocuted
The boy’s family believes his death could have been avoided had the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality given them services
Brief | 30 March 2021
A year in a settlement created by Covid
Izwelethu informal settlement or Covid as it is nicknamed started with lockdown in March 2020
Photo Essay | 29 March 2021
Centurion recyclers battle against eviction
“All we ask is that they be moved to a permanent place where they will be able to work and feed their families”
News | 29 March 2021
Taxi drivers take revenge on protesters
Shacks set alight after a taxi was stoned during protests in the Delft area, Cape Town
News | 26 March 2021
Police fire teargas and rubber bullets in Cape Town protests
Man killed by truck as shack dwellers block roads with burning tyres and toilets
By Vincent Lali
News | 24 March 2021