Housing

Head of Green Party versus four families in court

Noordhoek eviction case highlights complex land issues

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News | 12 January 2018

Police failed to protect us from mob justice, says Eastern Cape family

Man’s house burned down after he was accused of a stabbing which never took place

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News | 9 January 2018

Sewage spill spoils children’s holidays

PE residents have been complaining to the municipality for months

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News | 9 January 2018

Teenager shot with rubber bullet after land occupation

13-year-old shot in knee as residents’ shacks demolished

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News | 8 January 2018

Court victory for victims of Mooiriver fire

Mpofana Municipality must provide accommodation before it can evict residents living in hall

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Law | 21 December 2017

City warns owner of overcrowded Maitland property

About 52 immigrants living in four small dwellings on the property, sharing one toilet

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News | 13 December 2017

Call to fix street lights after children electrocuted

Fears that other children might die from stray wires

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Brief | 12 December 2017

R60 billion banks lawsuit heads for Gauteng court

Constitutional Court refuses to hear application

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Brief | 6 December 2017

Repossession of homes: Nedbank responds to criticism

Nedbank does not make a profit from repossessions, says the bank

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Right to reply | 6 December 2017

What happens when people in state housing cannot pay the rent?

A look at what happened at Steenvilla, Cape Town’s largest social housing complex

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Feature | 5 December 2017

Don’t separate husbands and wives in shelters, says court

Residents of shelters have rights to privacy and dignity, Constitutional Court finds

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Law | 5 December 2017

Zuma promised me a house

73-year-old amputee lives alone in dilapidated mud home

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Brief | 1 December 2017

Property developers booted off Obz Civic Association

“The attempted ‘hijacking’ of the civic body has actually energised the community in a way that we haven’t seen for years.”

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News | 29 November 2017

Municipality accused of corruption opposes audit

“We want our houses back” shout residents

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News | 28 November 2017

Activist groups unite to fight evictions

Scathing criticism of Durban Municipality for not responding adequately to Foreman Road fire

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News | 24 November 2017

Families evicted at Cape Town’s biggest social housing complex

Tenants cried as their furniture was moved onto lawns outside Steenvilla

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Brief | 23 November 2017