Housing

100-year-old man gets a house after waiting 22 years

Dipabalo Boy Mohedo and his wife Johanna Nsibande were presented with their new home on Mandela Day

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Brief | 19 July 2019

Family living along R44 in Paarl buy a house

The family plans to move to Wellington at the end of July

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News | 19 July 2019

The land is “unsuitable for habitation” says municipality, but thousands live on it

Sikiti informal settlement in Butterworth, Eastern Cape, was established over 20 years ago

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News | 19 July 2019

Latest study finds over 6,000 people living on the streets of Cape Town

Mayor Plato says there is a need for more safe spaces for homeless people

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Brief | 18 July 2019

Old Brakpan residents, removed under apartheid, demand land

“The houses we were allocated in Tsakane are low in value compared to land in Brakpan … It is only fair that we are returned”

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Brief | 16 July 2019

PE councillor’s house burnt and vehicle sabotaged

Twelve people arrested for public violence and intimidation

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Brief | 15 July 2019

Shelter supports City’s approach to homeless people

“Exemptions from the bylaw for homeless people will increase impunity and lead to worse social conditions on the street” says CEO of Haven Night Shelter

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News | 15 July 2019

“The black poor majority on farms are feeling the rot of this system”

Farm workers and farm dwellers protest to demand rural reforms

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News | 12 July 2019

Abahlali leader blames government for baby’s death

Sbu Zikode says that Khwezi Mlingo would have survived if Cato Manor’s shacks had water and electricity

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Brief | 12 July 2019

PE residents stop street works to demand jobs

Municipality condemns disruption of service

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Brief | 12 July 2019

Makhuluplaas farm labour tenants forgotten since 1991

“They have been on the land the longest and they still don’t have flushing toilets”

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News | 12 July 2019

GROUNDVIEW: Cape Town property deal needs independent investigation

Growthpoint’s explanation for Foreshore property sale is unconvincing, but the City has the hardest questions to answer

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GroundView | 11 July 2019

Police and developers blame each other for unlawful eviction

Land occupiers in Mayfield intend to bring contempt of court action

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News | 10 July 2019

“They don’t want the world to know we exist” says Olympic Park resident

Residents of an informal settlement opposite Maitland Cemetery believe the City has neglected them

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News | 10 July 2019

Mother’s daily battle to get her four children to school 40km away

“I want my children to get an education and not end up as waste pickers like myself,” says Zodwa Malatji

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News | 9 July 2019

No shelters for Johannesburg’s homeless

City says 10,000 people are living on its streets, but it only funds one shelter

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News | 8 July 2019