Housing

Dunoon residents capitalise on thriving rental market

Residents in the overcrowded settlement are building apartments and adding storeys

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Photo Essay | 17 May 2017

It’s our turn to benefit, say residents of Gugulethu informal settlement

Tambo Square families call for police protection amidst protests

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News | 15 May 2017

No garbage collected in Marikana for nine months

City says settlement is on private land and it cannot provide the service

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News | 15 May 2017

Woodstock families face eviction

Tenants accuse landlord of neglecting property

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News | 15 May 2017

One killed and over 20 homes destroyed in Samora Machel

“When I heard noise from neighbours it was too late to collect anything except my ID”

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Brief | 15 May 2017

Parents defend school from protesters

“We are fighting for development but we don’t want our infrastructure to be demolished by those with criminal intentions.”

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News | 11 May 2017

Protests spread across southern Johannesburg

“We can’t be sharing a space with our grandparents and parents”

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News | 10 May 2017

Roads out of Gugulethu blocked by protesters

Learners unable to attend schools outside township

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Brief | 10 May 2017

Angry Gugulethu residents close down school

Protest against upgrade of informal settlement

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News | 9 May 2017

Eldorado Park explodes over lack of houses and jobs

“There is no future for the youth here”

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Photo Essay | 9 May 2017

Activists go to court to overturn Tafelberg sale

Campaigners want Sea Point property to be used for affordable housing

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Law | 8 May 2017

Masiphumelele residents show Public Protector how they live

“We stay in a pigsty”

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News | 8 May 2017

Land occupiers in Grabouw demand services

Residents cross N2 to relieve themselves

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Brief | 8 May 2017

Pietermaritzburg housing project remains incomplete four years later

Beneficiaries of R2.1 billion project believe construction has stopped because of poor quality structures

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News | 4 May 2017

A tour of Salt River’s iconic graffiti

Removal of some works reflects an increasingly gentrified neighbourhood

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Photo Essay | 28 April 2017

Ward Councillor Andile Lili calls for residents to rebuild demolished shacks

“We will investigate as councillors should not incite illegal land invasions” says Mayco Member

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News | 26 April 2017