Housing

After years on waiting list, man builds house on sports field

In Dunoon, Cape Town, no government housing projects have been completed since 2000

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Brief | 1 October 2025

Disabled Ekurhuleni residents given houses without water and electricity

The houses were specifically given to elderly and people with disabilities in Extension 2, Mackenzieville

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News | 26 September 2025

Anger over delays at Durban housing project

Families say eThekwini municipality is reneging on its promise to house them at the new flats

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News | 17 September 2025

Protesters charged with public violence to appear in court

Six arrested during the protest on Voortrekker Road in Cape Town on Monday

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Brief | 16 September 2025

Cape Town protesters throw human faeces, burn debris

Families from informal settlements near Maitland cemetery say their attempts to meet with officials from the City for months have been in vain

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Brief | 15 September 2025

Lesufi’s office fails to back up his claim about immigrants

The Gauteng Premier vowed to destroy informal settlements, claiming that most of their residents are undocumented immigrants

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News | 11 September 2025

Alexandra container homes still empty four years after construction

Johannesburg mayor says allocation is in final stages but does not commit to a timeframe for occupation of the complex built during the covid pandemic

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Brief | 5 September 2025

Darling Street residents await judgment in eviction case

Department of Public Works and Ndifuna Ukwazi square off in court

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Brief | 4 September 2025

KZN is failing to build houses for thousands of flood victims

Floods are expected to leave many more people homeless in the coming years

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News | 4 September 2025

Two years later: Joburg’s inner city buildings at risk of another Usindiso inferno

The City of Joburg is yet to make its “dark buildings” safe

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News | 2 September 2025

Fed-up with unresponsive officials, Gqeberha protesters torch trucks

Second day of protests by shack dwellers in Westville

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Brief | 27 August 2025

Khayelitsha residents protest removal of illegal connections by Eskom

Residents of New Monwabisi Park want their illegal connections temporarily formalised while they await electrification

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Brief | 22 August 2025

Cape Town council approves social housing at “Fruit and Veg” site

237 social housing units are planned

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Brief | 22 August 2025

Gqeberha protesters block busy road, demanding better land

Residents of Nomakanjani informal settlement say they were promised they’d be moved

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Brief | 21 August 2025

School children help repair granny’s flood-damaged home

Dozens of families affected by floods in January are still without shelter. The KZN human settlements department fails to answer our questions

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Brief | 15 August 2025

Mamelodi shack dwellers given stands a decade ago still live without services

Skierlik lacks waste collection, sewage, electricity and potable water

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News | 14 August 2025