“Everytime I look at these wires, I remember how my grandson died,” says East London grandmother

A number of people have been electrocuted in Amalinda Forest informal settlement in the past three years

By

Brief | 28 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

By

News | 24 June 2019

300 homes share eight pit toilets

Shackdwellers in Polar Park and Tyampolo, East London, are not even on housing waiting lists

By

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

By and

News | 18 June 2019

Gogo’s 20 year battle to change an error on her ID

Home Affairs is now investigating the matter

By

Brief | 31 May 2019

A loan shark has her ID, so she can’t vote today

It’s illegal, but the mashonisas keep documents and bank cards

By

News | 8 May 2019

RDP house flooded every time it rains

“I was better off staying in the shacks”

By

Brief | 26 April 2019

Housing list sparks protests in East London

Police use tear gas and rubber bullets to quell two days of demonstrations in Nompumelelo township

By

News | 18 April 2019

Man with disability has waited 11 years for temporary accommodation

Councillor says temporary housing was given to people who did not need it

By

News | 4 April 2019

Living just metres from a railway line

Small community says they are terrorised by criminals and police

By

News | 28 March 2019

Children left behind by shortage of scholar transport in East London

Department says it will accommodate the learners from April

By

News | 28 March 2019

Garbage piles up in Cambridge, East London

Ward councillor says problem is across the metro

By

Brief | 8 March 2019

Shoddy RDP house never fixed

“I have been in prison, not once, not twice, but many times. But here I am living on an unfinished house,” says struggle veteran

By

Brief | 7 March 2019

Hardworking and dedicated, but these janitors in East London can go unpaid for weeks

Toilet cleaners also have to buy their own cleaning materials and chemicals and work without gloves or protective clothing

By

News | 4 March 2019

Buffalo City mum on its shoddy RDP houses

Residents say they occupied the poorly built, incomplete houses after they had stood empty for six months

By

News | 15 February 2019