Housing

Arrests after Masiphumelele protest cuts cycle tour short

Residents block roads in support of housing demands

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News | 13 March 2017

Jewish Capetonians sign petition calling for social housing at Tafelberg

Tafelberg property could ā€œadvance equality and integrationā€

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News | 13 March 2017

In photos: Fire destroys numerous homes in Hout Bay

City reports two people died

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Photo Essay | 11 March 2017

Smouldering discontent in Masiphumelele years after fire

Residents are dissatisfied by the ward councillorā€™s written response to their memorandum

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Brief | 10 March 2017

New round of evictions in Wolwerivier

Residents say they live in overcrowded conditions while houses stand empty

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News | 9 March 2017

Leaving Home

The story of how eviction has hurt a Cape Town family

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Video | 7 March 2017

Disabled 72-year-old trapped alone in her shack all day

Former domestic worker Beauty Qamata lost her legs to diabetes

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News | 6 March 2017

No one must be left behind, says Blikkiesdorp committee

Residents support serviced sites in addition to houses on new land

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Brief | 6 March 2017

Fed-up with waiting, residents of informal settlement sort out their own water supply

Santini community in Butterworth remain without electricity or sanitation

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Brief | 3 March 2017

Gugulethu residents fight over future of Tambo Square

City wants to put in services for shack dwellers, but local residents want community facilities

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News | 2 March 2017

Angry residents stone fire engines for ā€œbeing lateā€

Phumani Village residents say firefighters arrived after the community already had control of the blaze

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Brief | 1 March 2017

Grandma under siege by garbage

80-year-old endures ten years of unbearable smells, flies and rubbish

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News | 27 February 2017

Residents have to stay in shacks after state fails to pay contractors

Standoff between Housing Development Agency, Department of Human Settlements and contractors leaves Chatty residents with unfinished homes

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News | 24 February 2017

Andile Jadu is only 21 and his home has already been demolished four times

A look at the human and financial cost for one young man of City shack demolitions

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News | 24 February 2017

De Lille threatens to sue professor over Bo-Kaap spat

Fabio Todeschini accuses mayor of causing ā€œcrass development-at-all-costs cultureā€

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News | 20 February 2017