Housing

Over 3,000 people in Madibeng face eviction

Occupiers to oppose their removal in court on 26 May

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News | 3 April 2022

City-run hostel has been hijacked by criminals

City of Johannesburg blames the deplorable state of the building on frequent incidents of vandalism and theft

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News | 29 March 2022

“We have nowhere to go” say Mamelodi occupiers as eviction looms

Gauteng Department of Human Settlements have obtained a court order to evict occupants of government-owned apartments

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News | 28 March 2022

Eviction orders not in line with Constitution, says legal organisation

The Socio-Economic Rights Institute says that Johannesburg’s Central Magistrate’s Court is often not applying the relevant laws

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Law | 25 March 2022

Eviction looms for families living in former panelbeaters’ building in Tshwane

City plans to evict residents of MeatKing

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Photo Essay | 25 March 2022

Cape Town suburb tries new approach to homelessness

The Devil’s Peak Vredehoek Outreach programme takes a new look at a chronic problem

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News | 24 March 2022

Eight dirty toilets for 1,000 people in Tshwane settlement

Residents of Baghdad settlement in Salvokop go to the church for water and to the tavern to use the toilet

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News | 23 March 2022

Protesters enter Khayelitsha Magistrates Court

Residents want the court to stop issuing eviction orders

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News | 17 March 2022

IPID to probe Durban police after two people shot in a week

Housing movement Abahlali BaseMjondolo blames police for the death of the latest victim

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News | 15 March 2022

No more space for large-scale housing projects, says Western Cape government

Families relocated to Delft say their living conditions have become unbearable

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News | 14 March 2022

Housing activist murdered in Durban

SERI calls for urgent investigation into Cato Manor police and other officials following Ayanda Ngila’s death

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News | 9 March 2022

Khayelitsha housing protesters close four roads

Protesters say they are being overlooked for housing

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News | 3 March 2022

Judgment reserved in Cape Town eviction case

Former occupiers of Arcadia House in Observatory are still living along the street

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News | 2 March 2022

Dumped and abandoned: the fate of those evicted from JHB’s inner city

City threatens to evict people who have already been evicted

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News | 28 February 2022

Stand-off over Nyanga RDP house

City of Cape Town allocates house to 48-year-old man - but the house is occupied already

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News | 24 February 2022

Mthatha flood victims waiting since 2013 to be relocated

Only 63 out of more than 400 people have been relocated to RDP houses

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News | 23 February 2022