Topic: Housing | GroundUp

Gang extorts money from people occupying government flats

Gauteng Department of Human Settlements heads to court to evict the occupiers

By Silver Sibiya

News | 11 January 2024

Ladysmith flood victims want more help from government

Death toll since December is at 24

By Joseph Bracken

Brief | 9 January 2024

81-year-old Mthatha widow waiting two decades for her house

Ndenzeni Njwenene first applied in 1999

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 12 December 2023

Metrorail shack dwellers moved, but to a place without toilets or water

First families moved off Central Line railway tracks

By Sandiso Phaliso

News | 8 December 2023

One child dead and several people injured in Bloemfontein storm

Hundreds of people in Phase 6 location lost most of their belongings and now have to rebuild their homes

By Becker Semela

Brief | 8 December 2023

“Xenophobic” Makhubela should not be part of Joburg fire inquiry, say activists

Picket outside Commission of Inquiry into Albert Street fire

By Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 5 December 2023

More than 100 homes destroyed in Philippi weekend blaze

No fatalities but 362 people left to rebuild from the ashes

By Sandiso Phaliso

Brief | 4 December 2023

Free State shack dwellers march for land rights

They threatened to shut down the N8 Highway if the mayor ignores their demands

By Becker Semela

Brief | 4 December 2023

Showdown looms between land occupiers and Eastern Cape municipality

Komani Protest Action interdicted from inciting “land grabbing” but vows to defy court order

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 1 December 2023

Asbestos roofs still haven’t been replaced in Stellenbosch municipal housing

Residents of Cloetesville flats say they keep asking for repairs to be done

By Joseph Bracken

News | 28 November 2023

Pietermaritzburg shack dwellers have been relocated to flats. But some can’t afford the rent

And some residents expressed joy at living in a brick and mortar home

By Tsoanelo Sefoloko

Brief | 27 November 2023

Activists protest at City of Cape Town auction

Hazel Matipa’s New Church Street house was one of several properties on the same ERF which fetched a total for R13.5-million

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 24 November 2023

City of Cape Town calls off Maynard Street house auction

Ndifuna Ukwazi welcomes decision

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 23 November 2023

Protest by people left homeless by Durban fire

Human settlements MEC promised them building materials

By Tsoanelo Sefoloko

Brief | 22 November 2023

New housing project in Simon’s Town leaves backyarders and tenants in limbo

Shacks are being demolished as families move from Redhill to new houses in Dido Valley

By Steve Kretzmann

News | 22 November 2023

Mandela Park shacks petrol-bombed

This is the latest in a series of attacks on this group of land occupiers since August

By Vincent Lali

News | 21 November 2023