March on legislature to demand better living conditions
Brief | 18 April 2018
Ward councillor says City is awaiting outcome of a court case over the vacant land
By Thembela Ntongana and Bernard Chiguvare
News | 17 April 2018
Six people arrested as City continues demolishing shacks
Brief | 17 April 2018
“No more fight left” says 62-year-old woman after waiting 28 years for a house
News | 17 April 2018
About 230 out of an initial 500 people remain, some having had their shacks demolished three times, and yet new land occupiers keep arriving
By Vincent Lali
News | 16 April 2018
Case involved house valued at R470,000 sold for R40,000 by Standard Bank
Law | 16 April 2018
Charges have been dropped against six of the 69 arrested so far
Brief | 13 April 2018
“I have nowhere to go. If they destroy our shacks then I would go and live in the streets with my wife and two children.”
News | 12 April 2018
Residents want to know: will JHB municipality relocate or develop the informal settlement
By Zoë Postman
News | 12 April 2018
They “are living in comfort because they have houses of their own, while we don’t have” responds occupier
News | 11 April 2018
Scores in court, charged with public violence
By Annie Cebulski and Eryn Scannell
News | 11 April 2018
Mfuleni backyarders stay in large rickety shack
By Vincent Lali
News | 9 April 2018
People have been living for a decade in temporary structures next to their waterlogged houses
News | 9 April 2018
Municipality wants to evict 27 people who have occupied the Bella Vista 309 Housing Project
By Aidan Jones
News | 5 April 2018
Residents say ward councillor Andile Lili said they would get electricity, taps and toilets
By Vincent Lali
News | 5 April 2018
“Setting up again is a form of resistance” says woman whose shack has been demolished
Photo Essay | 3 April 2018