Social Housing Series
D-Day for public comment on plans for old Woodstock Hospital site
Reclaim the City activists picket outside Civic Centre
News | 31 January 2025
Tense standoff between police and Kliptown tenants
City Power officials chased away by angry group
News | 30 January 2025
Multi-million rand housing project at a standstill for weeks
The Bridge City Housing development was approved in 2019 but due to delays and financial problems the project remains largely incomplete
News | 28 January 2025
Future of the nearly 900 people living in Woodstock Hospital hangs in the balance
Cape Town Mayor commits to social housing but residents believe they will be kicked out
By Liezl Human
News | 22 August 2024
Blow for Woodstock social housing plans
Tribunal overturns Heritage Western Cape decision to allow development at the Earl Street site
News | 15 May 2024
Social housing in South Africa is in trouble - here’s why
Rising costs and stagnant grants imperil the only government-backed effort to undo apartheid spatial planning
Analysis | 10 February 2023
Turn Sea Point plot into social housing, say activists
Two years after the Tafelberg sale was overturned, progress has stalled. Now the provincial government says it may want to use the land “in the public interest”.
By Mia Arderne
News | 30 August 2022
Traders at the historic Salt River Market will be excluded from new City development
“This is our livelihood, my bread and butter” says trader
News | 17 August 2022
Cape Town tables plan for two inner-city social housing projects
Announcement hailed as a victory for housing activists
News | 29 July 2022