Housing

Homeless but living in a community hall

Hangberg shack fire victims say they should be given houses

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News | 11 June 2019

Two years after fire, Hout Bay residents are crammed in disused buildings

City blames ongoing court case for delays in re-establishing settlement in Imizamo Yethu

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News | 10 June 2019

How Wynberg court is evading public scrutiny

Magistrates are ignoring Constitutional Court judgment

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Opinion | 10 June 2019

City of Cape Town demolishes “illegal” roadside stalls

Councillor says stall users intended to occupy land

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Brief | 10 June 2019

Mixed reaction to City’s Parow revamp proposals

Some residents don’t want affordable housing in the area, but activists support it

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News | 6 June 2019

Shacks flood in Cape Town rains

700 homes affected says City

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Photo Essay | 6 June 2019

Shack dwellers block Baden Powell Drive after demolitions

Protesters claim shacks were occupied

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Brief | 4 June 2019

Housing activists ask court to uphold right to protest

Reclaim the City contests interdict against occupation of property in centre of Cape Town

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Brief | 4 June 2019

Commission told about “lawlessness” in Alexandra

City of Johannesburg battles to enforce bylaws, says COGTA head

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News | 4 June 2019

Vrygrond demolitions: Plato promises to take action

Mayor pledges to return to community with housing plans

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News | 3 June 2019

Police shoot at Mfuleni protesters

Dispute over allocation of units in new housing development

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Brief | 31 May 2019

Housing activists interrupt council meeting

Protesters demand outcome of investigation into sale of prime City-owned land to GrowthPoint

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Brief | 30 May 2019

How expropriation without compensation works in Alexandra

A xenophobic mob is kicking people out of their homes

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Feature | 30 May 2019

Residents want City to speed up housing plans in Strand

Evicted land occupiers have been staying in community halls, which means many social grant recipients have had to spend much more money on transport to get their grants at alternative venues

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Brief | 29 May 2019

Seven Zimbabwean teenagers have been living under a tree for almost a year

“This municipal bin is our soup kitchen”

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News | 27 May 2019