NEWS
16 July 2020
City says it will continue preventing the illegal occupation of its temporary houses
By Vincent Lali
VIDEO
Zwelitsha homes were flooded when Diep River burst its banks
By Peter Luhanga
BRIEF
“If we sit back and wait for the City then we might not get our houses” says backyarder
By Buziwe Nocuze
15 July 2020
Judge Salie-Hlophe says the City “acted unlawfully”
By James Stent
14 July 2020
Some families say they were displaced by flooding
City of Cape Town says it recently delivered chemical toilets and standpipes will soon be installed
13 July 2020
City has condemned the occupation of its Bosasa housing project
Some residents fear 846 communal toilets won’t be enough for over 3,000 shacks
By Thamsanqa Mbovane
“Flood victims now shit in buckets inside their shacks and empty them into the dam. I do the same.”
“It is easy for this government to shoot at us when we protest. But it is difficult to give us the houses we were promised since 2015”
By Mkhuseli Sizani
11 July 2020
Five shacks in Vrygrond were demolished on a rainy Thursday afternoon
By Lucas Nowicki
PHOTO ESSAY
10 July 2020
The City’s Disaster Risk Management says flood kits, sand and milling will be provided to affected informal settlements
By Peter Luhanga and Buziwe Nocuze
Families tell of hardship since being relocated from a farm to an informal settlement in Wellington
By Liezl Human
9 July 2020
We have reviewed videos and interviewed witnesses
By Vincent Lali and James Stent
Burning of materials shows heavy handedness and violence by metro police, says lawyer
By Zoë Postman
Walkerville “Big Six” say land must be taken from whites and given to black people
By Kimberly Mutandiro
