Housing

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Why Dunoon has erupted

Roads have been blockaded and MyCiTi bus stations destroyed

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Feature | 16 February 2018

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Developers accused of “capturing” Sea Point ratepayers association

“A committee representing property interests is responsible for vetting their own development applications”

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News | 15 February 2018

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Court finds municipality corrupt

Endumeni Civic Association wins housing battle

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News | 13 February 2018

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Endumeni housing judgment is a warning to municipalities

Court finds allocation process irregular and corrupt

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Law | 13 February 2018

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Hundreds left homeless by another fire in Hout Bay

Community members suspect arson

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News | 12 February 2018

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Generations of Shackville residents abandoned by government

“Even my toilet is better than the house I’m living in”

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News | 7 February 2018

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Pietermaritzburg community waiting since 2013 for guard rails on deadly road

Ward councillor says he has “sent a letter” and can do nothing more

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News | 5 February 2018

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Urban planning: who leads the conversation?

Citizens’ experience must be taken into account, say experts

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News | 5 February 2018

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Housing crisis: data collection is critical

World experts at the International Urban Conference discuss the need to build trust before building houses

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News | 3 February 2018

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Homeless artist carves out a living

Michael Helsie makes wooden sculptures of animals

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Photo Essay | 2 February 2018

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City of Cape Town destroys new shacks on Khayelitsha land

Residents say they cleaned up an illegal dump to build their shacks

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News | 31 January 2018

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Slow progress for victims of huge Durban fire

Municipality accused of failing to provide vital information after Foreman Road disaster

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News | 25 January 2018

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Another child drowns in Addo’s killer canal

Children say they have nowhere else to play

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News | 18 January 2018

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No shelters for homeless people in East London

Fourteen people live in a public toilet

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News | 18 January 2018

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Scathing judgment against Ekurhuleni municipality for 17-year housing delay

Court orders that homes must be built by end of year

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Law | 18 January 2018

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Maitland slumlord forced to fix up property

Overcrowded house under renovation following GroundUp investigation

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Brief | 15 January 2018