Housing
Elections 2026: Affordable housing – has the City of Cape Town done enough?
The City’s plans for 28,400 affordable homes may pay off but it won’t be soon
By Matthew Hirsch, Alice Scott and Daniel Steyn
Analysis | 14 October 2026
SASSA pensioner builds her own house faster than the government
Government has left scores of houses for Eastern Cape storm victims incomplete
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
News | 14 October 2026
Six years later Eastern Cape storm victims still without houses
Some found their names were never on the beneficiary list
News | 13 October 2026
Minister to take Knoflokskraal occupation to court
Government says it has evidence of fraudulent land sales and extortion
By Liezl Human
News | 12 October 2026
Protesters demand RDP houses after waiting decades
Gauteng residents in informal settlements say repeated requests for answers on housing from the Premier’s office have gone unanswered
News | 9 October 2026
Households on Cape Town sewage pond demand to be relocated
On Wednesday residents of Siyangena informal settlement in Philippi East protested
Brief | 8 October 2026
The government says she got a house. But Emily Lepota still lives in a shack
The house is marked complete on housing system, but it has no roof
Brief | 8 October 2026
R1-billion to fix North West’s failed housing projects
The province is sitting with roughly 25,400 unfinished homes
Text by Seth Thorne. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 1 October 2026
Airbnb by-law doesn’t do enough to address Cape Town’s housing crisis
Only primary residences should be allowed on Airbnb
By Leila Kidson
Opinion | 1 October 2026