Housing

After 25 years of waiting for government, Ncwadi erupts in protests

“Now that we are doing what other communities are doing, police shoot at us. Protesting is the last option but we had no choice.”

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News | 30 July 2019

Masiphumelele fire leaves over 1,000 homeless

One person killed, but body burnt so badly that their sex cannot be determined

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News | 29 July 2019

Ten families living in the open after 35 households evicted in Nigel

Elderly widow evicted from her home of 35 years

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News | 29 July 2019

Attitudes towards land occupations have to change, say researchers

Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa has released a series of reports on informal settlements

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Brief | 29 July 2019

Residents of apartheid-era shack town still have no electricity or toilets

“Government has chosen to forget us”

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News | 26 July 2019

Police raid Woodstock Hospital, arrest 40 people and release them

Residents allege they were dealt with violently and the police had no warrant

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News | 25 July 2019

People flock to live at Pietermaritzburg dump site

“This has become a home for many of us”

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News | 25 July 2019

Short of money and desperate, Khayelitsha residents start land occupation

“Sometimes we sleep on empty stomachs because we have no food”

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News | 24 July 2019

“We don’t grow plants, we grow people”

Streetscapes’ urban gardens offer people living on the streets a way to reintegrate with society

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News | 24 July 2019

Gauteng wants blanket court interdict on land occupations

Human Settlements MEC briefs South African Human Rights Commission after protests in Alexandra

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Brief | 23 July 2019

In April their homes were destroyed by a flood. Now their new homes are being demolished

Dozens of Enkanini residents continue to rebuild their homes in defiance of the eThekwini municipality

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News | 23 July 2019

SANDF soldiers accused of terrorising immigrant shack dwellers

“The soldiers said it was just a teaser of what they will do to the rest of Happiness Village residents”

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News | 23 July 2019

Newcastle residents say coal mine puts them in danger

Informal mining is causing houses to crack

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News | 22 July 2019

Child dies in shack fire while mother was out keeping neighbourhood safe

17-month-old Kungawo Mondile died on Tuesday night in Bobani Village

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Brief | 19 July 2019

100-year-old man gets a house after waiting 22 years

Dipabalo Boy Mohedo and his wife Johanna Nsibande were presented with their new home on Mandela Day

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Brief | 19 July 2019

Family living along R44 in Paarl buy a house

The family plans to move to Wellington at the end of July

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News | 19 July 2019