Housing

Ficksburg community leaders arrested during clashes over land occupation

The Setsoto Local Municipality has obtained an interim order preventing any new shacks from being erected

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Brief | 1 June 2023

Standoff between shack dwellers and sand mining company in Khayelitsha

Mining operations halted after families living in shacks near the site complain about sand filling their homes

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News | 30 May 2023

Ekurhuleni’s multi-billion rand housing project stalls as nearby shack dwellers demand services

“The government has surely forgotten us” says Daggafontein pensioner

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News | 29 May 2023

School land occupiers demand relocation to serviced sites

East London shack dwellers say they won’t move unless it is somewhere with water, electricity and toilets

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News | 26 May 2023

Court upholds eviction of circus occupiers

Residents offered accommodation at the Culemborg Safe Space and must be out by 31 July

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News | 26 May 2023

“Biased” magistrate should have recused herself, judge finds in Communicare case

Court sets aside decision by acting magistrate Venice Burgins

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Law | 24 May 2023

Khayelitsha families want asbestos roofing removed

Project to fix houses was halted during Covid

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News | 23 May 2023

Flooding in Eastern Cape: municipality blames residents, residents blame municipality

1,200 people evacuated in Nelson Mandela Bay after heavy rains

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Photo Essay | 16 May 2023

Protesters from Khoisan occupation picket on N2

Knoflokskraal residents want to be allowed to repair their homes and be allowed to farm the land.

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News | 15 May 2023

First glimpse of plans for Salt River and Woodstock

Some of the concerns raised at the meeting on Saturday were about green spaces, transport, and housing

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News | 15 May 2023

RDP homeowners “encroaching” on municipal land told to tear down properties

Johannesburg Roads Agency plans to tar Mlilo Street soon. But some houses have been extended onto the road reserve

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News | 10 May 2023

It will take eThekwini over 90 years to fix informal settlements, says metro

Meanwhile thousands of families in Foreman Road informal settlement live without adequate services

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News | 9 May 2023

Tenants of flagship Langa housing project mark township centenary in squalor

But the City of Cape Town says tenants of the N2 Gateway flats have refused to sign lease agreements, making maintenance impossible

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News | 8 May 2023

Life at Cato Crest gets worse as ward councillor remains behind bars

Residents accuse eThekwini Municipality of ignoring their calls for help

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News | 8 May 2023

Ratepayers get behind new Safe Space for homeless in Green Point

New overnight shelter should be complete by end of the year

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News | 5 May 2023

Families in Joburg’s World Trade Centre win reprieve from eviction, only to lose everything in a fire

They are reclaimers, and some have been living and working in the building for 10 years

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News | 4 May 2023