Housing

Construction company has completed only 20% of housing contract

Eastern Cape Human Settlements department blamed for delays

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News | 17 October 2019

“Illegal and criminal” demolitions in Durban, say shack dwellers

“This was a new invasion and the people had not settled there. No court order was required,” says City

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Brief | 16 October 2019

Occupiers of old age home march to Civic Centre, demand housing

“We need low-cost houses in the CBD … We can’t be going from shack to shack, from stone to stone”

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News | 15 October 2019

Marievale cousins accuse SANDF soldiers of assault

“The soldiers kept kicking them so badly we thought they would kill them”, says witness

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News | 15 October 2019

Four years later, no sign of water in these Pietermaritzburg taps

Maqongqo water project has never worked and the municipality has again broken its promise to fix the situation

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Brief | 15 October 2019

West Coast town erupts in protests over housing mess-up

The title deeds of several people were withdrawn at the last minute after it was discovered that they did not qualify for the Velddrif housing project

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News | 15 October 2019

How inclusionary housing can make Cape Town a better place

A well-designed policy could change the face of the city

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Opinion | 15 October 2019

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Brief | 14 October 2019

Red ants and rubber bullets are the only service delivery we know, says Brakpan resident

Protesters barricade road after illegal electrical connections removed

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News | 11 October 2019

SA has no reliable data on subsidised housing, says report

Centre for Affordable Housing Finance points to holes in data collection process

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News | 11 October 2019

Neighbours to the aid of Soshanguve family

No social grants for young mother and her four children who have no birth certificates

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Brief | 11 October 2019

Kliprand residents furious at council’s broken promise

PE protesters block roads, burn tyres

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Brief | 11 October 2019

Protest outside Muizenberg Magistrates Court as Vrygrond leaders charged

Three released on bail, one still in jail

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Brief | 10 October 2019

Three things you should know to avoid being evicted

You can oppose your eviction even if you haven’t paid your rent

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Information | 10 October 2019

Mystery stream has flooded PE township for 20 years

No-one knows where the water comes from

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Brief | 9 October 2019

Occupiers of old age home try to raise funds to get to Supreme Court

Evicted residents sleeping outside waiting for alternative accommodation

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News | 8 October 2019