Housing

Klipheuwel’s creche gets by on very little

It's a shack with no toys, but it offers an important community service for working parents

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News | 22 February 2016

Will Wolwerivier improve soon?

Residents frustrated with communication and security problems

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News | 19 February 2016

UCT Students protest against accommodation shortage

Administration says it is short of 700 beds

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News | 15 February 2016

Outsmarting shack fires

Four fires a day are reported in informal settlements. Reblocking might curb the devastation.

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News | 12 February 2016

Klipheuwel residents insist destroyed shacks were occupied

City of Cape Town and residents contradict each other

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News | 12 February 2016

Shacks demolished by City were not unoccupied

Residents dispute City statement on shack removals in Masiphumelele

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News | 10 February 2016

Calls to halt sale of prime city land

Civil society organisations and Western Cape Province clash over four inner city properties

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News | 8 February 2016

Dozens of fire victims still destitute in Masiphumelele

“No number” residents fear they will never get a house

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News | 4 February 2016

Yet another devastating fire in Imizamo Yethu

Yesterday's fire follows the ones of 12 November and 26 December

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News | 2 February 2016

Hundreds still homeless in Masiphumelele

Grandmother describes how she had to sleep rough

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News | 28 January 2016

Mfuleni residents demand new cemetery

City says land has been set aside

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News | 27 January 2016

Anti-land invasion unit demolishes creche extension

Owners and staff members of a community creche in Delft South were upset yesterday when an extension to their school was demolished by the City of Cape Town's Anti Land Invasion Unit (ALIU).

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News | 22 January 2016

‘City lied about land’ claim Masiphumelele leaders

Many people without land are still living in the community hall following last year’s fire

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News | 21 January 2016

Blikkiesdorp swelters in 33 degree heat

Residents battle blazing sun and mosquitoes

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News | 20 January 2016

Philippi ward beset by internal politics

There is a political battle underway in Philippi's Ward 33. The fight is not between opposing political parties, however, but within the ANC itself, with former ward councillor Monwabisi Mbaliswano in one corner and the present incumbent, Nico Mzalisi, in the other.

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Feature | 14 January 2016