Housing

Khayelitsha residents accuse City officials of corruption

In a complaint lodged with the City, the residents allege they have to pay bribes to prevent their shacks being demolished

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News | 28 September 2016

Xolobeni goes to court over community rights versus mining

Case will shed light on land ownership and customary law

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Law | 28 September 2016

Bromwell residents will not be evicted on Monday

Parties to argue in court on 4 November

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Brief | 23 September 2016

Women in Ruyterwacht help evicted and vulnerable

“This is a new South Africa, a South Africa for everybody, a South Africa of change, a South Africa to uplift our people. So what is happening here?”

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News | 23 September 2016

District Six: 3,000 ex-residents on land claims waiting list

Five decades after it was declared whites only, Shariefa Davids misses her old neighbourhood

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Feature | 23 September 2016

RDP houses worse than shacks

Residents in East London have waited for over a decade for their homes to be completed

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News | 23 September 2016

Bromwell Street case could set precedent for city housing

Residents take City of Cape Town to court

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Law | 22 September 2016

Rubbish piles up in East London informal settlement

Municipality claims rubbish is collected weekly

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Brief | 21 September 2016

The displacement phenomenon: Woodstock and Salt River

City’s missed opportunity to ensure inclusive redevelopment

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Opinion | 21 September 2016

Langa hostel dwellers protest lack of progress

Thirty-three arrested as transport disrupted and shops looted

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News | 20 September 2016

Streets of Mfuleni flooded

Much needed rain comes to Cape Town, but it's a mixed blessing for residents of informal settlements

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Photo Essay | 17 September 2016

Ground-breaking Marikana case heads to court

Lawyers for Philippi residents aim to force City to expropriate land

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Analysis | 16 September 2016

Bromwell Street tenants chastise mayor

Tenants say Mayor Patricia de Lille has not fulfilled her promise to find a solution to their housing problem

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Brief | 15 September 2016

Most people can’t afford “affordable” housing

Less than 10% of new Conradie development set aside for the poor

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Analysis | 14 September 2016

Grandmother with only one eye is still waiting for a house

Six people live in a small caravan in East London township

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News | 13 September 2016

One dead and 120 displaced in Dunoon fire

Thirty homes were destroyed on Sunday morning in the blaze

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Brief | 12 September 2016