Housing

Masiphumelele fire station set to open this year

The project was set back by nearly two years over the appointment of the contractor

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Brief | 27 June 2019

Pietermaritzburg municipality lets water go to waste, but residents have to queue at the tap

100 people to one tap in Pavilion informal settlement

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News | 27 June 2019

The people of Plastic City cannot even afford zinc shacks

People live in homes built of discarded board and plastic next to a Brakpan dump site

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Photo Essay | 27 June 2019

Three children rebuild their shack – again

City of Cape Town says only unoccupied shacks were demolished, but residents disagree

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News | 26 June 2019

“We should have left this place many years ago”

Residents of Powerline informal settlement are busy relocating to serviced stands in Port Elizabeth

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Brief | 25 June 2019

“The ANC has fooled us enough. They must deliver” says Pietermaritzburg protester

Cash-strapped Msunduzi Municipality says it is now asking private businesses for help

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News | 25 June 2019

Marikana informal settlement erupts in protests

Vehicles torched and shack dwellers tear-gassed as Philippi East residents demand services from the City of Cape Town

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News | 24 June 2019

“It’s been five years now and not a single house is finished,” says East London resident

Some residents have moved into incomplete houses after the site was abandoned by contractors in 2015

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News | 24 June 2019

Cape Town storm pics: informal settlements hard hit by high winds

“The house was shaking and if I slept I knew I would be putting my life in danger”

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Photo Essay | 23 June 2019

Judge says roadside May family are “authors of their own fate”

Courts make inhumane decisions based on legal facts and are not in touch with our people on the ground, says farm workers’ rights organiser

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News | 21 June 2019

Alexandra residents protest in Sandton over state of township

“We want to burn our tyres here so that these streets can look like the streets of Alexandra”

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News | 19 June 2019

Heritage body pushes Woodstock developers back

Plans for luxury apartment block put on hold

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News | 18 June 2019

Mdantsane residents close down ANC ward councillor’s office

Councillor Ntombizodwa Gamnca laughs off allegations that she is involved in dodgy housing deals

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News | 18 June 2019

A year after Hermanus unrest, land occupation unresolved

Residents occupying private land in Schulphoek to oppose eviction in court on Tuesday

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News | 17 June 2019

Shack dwellers’ homes demolished and possessions burnt

Land occupiers to take eThekwini Municipality to court for “criminal” act

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Brief | 14 June 2019

Mother gave up her sick child because she lives in a shack without services

Nomaphelo Nomala says her only wish in life is to have her four-year-old daughter live with her

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News | 14 June 2019