City says it is trying to resolve the matter and has made no such decision
News | 30 April 2021
Frederick Mhangazo came to Cape Town to study. He has ended up homeless and living from hand to mouth.
Brief | 28 April 2021
Firefighter Nathan Phillips is one of 714 employed by the City of Cape Town
News | 26 April 2021
If people are chased away, they are likely to return until a solution is found to the problem that prompted them to move there in the first place
GroundView | 19 April 2021
Fire victims say they are likely to spend a second night outside because they don’t have material to rebuild their homes
News | 19 April 2021
Jagger library, which contains thousands of precious artworks, archives and books, has been reduced to rubble
Video | 19 April 2021
Flames destroy buildings, monuments and precious archives
By Ashraf Hendricks, James Stent and Nathan Geffen
Photo | 19 April 2021
City says occupation is illegal and it has no funds for such unplanned settlements
By Vincent Lali
Photo Essay | 14 April 2021
The City wants to build temporary houses on it but as one resident says, “To the City, temporary can be 25 years.”
News | 18 March 2021
Even shack fires can be an opportunity
Brief | 22 February 2021
Councillor blames disagreement in the community
News | 23 November 2020
University fire engineering research shows that fire-resistant paint does not work
Science | 12 October 2020
Four villages suffer losses in Nyandeni Municipality, Eastern Cape
Brief | 15 September 2020
One of two serious shack fires in city in 24 hours
Brief | 15 June 2020
Teenage daughter survives as she was visiting her cousin at the time of the fire
News | 15 June 2020