Topic: Housing | GroundUp

De Lille’s promise to reverse apartheid design rings hollow

Government has failed to take opportunities to integrate Cape Town

By Daneel Knoetze

Opinion | 19 January 2017

Shelter residents fight City of Johannesburg over “lock-out” rules

Court asked to declare policy unconstitutional

By Safura Abdool Karim

Law | 16 January 2017

Anglo American owned company rains rocks down on residents

Residents allege Kumba is trying to force them to leave

By Ashleigh Furlong

News | 13 January 2017

Philippi fire victims demand more taps

City of Cape Town promises upgrade for Sweethome Farm

By Bernard Chiguvare

News | 12 January 2017

Presidential housing project bogged down in corruption and fraud

Hundreds of residents of Gauteng townships cheated out of housing

By Ciaran Ryan

Feature | 10 January 2017

Blind man gets water tank and new house

Ernest Mdunge will no longer have to walk three kilometres to fetch water

By Nompendulo Ngubane

Brief | 22 December 2016

After 16 years RDP house still not fixed

“I don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything” says 75-year-old Elsie Dopholo

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Manqulo Nyakombi

News | 15 December 2016

Protesters picket outside Sea Point developer’s apartment

Sea Point for All wants van Embden family to postpone eviction date for Thandeka Sisusa

By Ashraf Hendricks

Brief | 14 December 2016

Photo of a woman and child outside a small house

Title deed muddle puts family on the street

Family told home of 21 years is not theirs

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 12 December 2016

Salt River family ordered to leave their home of 11 years

Nooran Dreyer and her family must leave tomorrow

By Christine Hogg

News | 7 December 2016

Political parties lead march against electricity cuts

Nelson Mandela Bay Deputy-Mayor Mongameli Bobani accuses them of confusing residents

By Joseph Chirume

News | 2 December 2016

“We want a better life, maybe a brick house”

Elderly retrenched farm workers describe their difficulties

By Diana Mellow

News | 1 December 2016

Photo of Reclaim the City protest in Sea Point

Reclaim the City demands end to Sea Point evictions

“I can’t be on the street with my children” says Thandeka Sisusa

By Ashraf Hendricks

News | 30 November 2016

They evict us and then complain about the homeless

Affordable housing desperately needed

By Daneel Knoetze

Opinion | 30 November 2016

Masiphumelele residents fear being trapped if there’s a fire

New location has narrow roads and a fence surrounding it

By Thembela Ntongana

News | 30 November 2016

New suburb in Fisantekraal gets underway

200 houses handed over, but some residents complain of lack of privacy

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 30 November 2016