Housing

The strangest vegetable gardens in South Africa

On an old military base in Cape Town, unlawful occupants are growing vegetables alongside the soldiers

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Feature | 31 January 2022

Swift response contains fire at Cissie Gool House

Community applauds City firefighters, and calls for food, water and blankets following fire at old Woodstock Hospital

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News | 28 January 2022

Tenants’ long wait for home ownership comes to an end this year

City of Cape Town promises to scrap tenants’ debt to help with sale process

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News | 28 January 2022

Shack dwellers build ward councillor an office

“We want to be served closer to where we live” says resident

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Brief | 27 January 2022

One year later after devastating fire, Durban hostel residents still can’t go home

eThekwini Municipality says renovation is to be done in March

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News | 25 January 2022

When must municipalities provide flush toilets in informal settlements? A court case may help answer this

Ekhurhuleni community has taken legal action against City because it wants chemical toilets replaced

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News | 24 January 2022

A year after a devastating fire, displaced Masiphumelele families are fed-up with their poor housing conditions

Malusi Booi commits to start building permanent houses before end of 2022

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News | 20 January 2022

Young George flood victims miss first day of school

Fundiswa Neti can’t afford to replace her children’s lost uniforms

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News | 19 January 2022

Watch: Half-a-century later, these apartheid victims have got their land back

Removed in the 1960s, the Bakubung clan have finalised the list of beneficiaries of their land claim

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Video | 18 January 2022

Memorial held for Dumisani Joxo who was killed, allegedly by a Cape Town officer

Joxo, a homeless man, was shot on 9 January 2022

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News | 14 January 2022

Alexandra’s residents clean up township

Government welcomes community forum’s effort

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Brief | 15 December 2021

Shack dwellers demolish unoccupied shacks themselves

Khayelitsha task team is also trying to drain off sewage water

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News | 10 December 2021

Deadline looms for families facing eviction from police safehouses

“Where are we going to go? Back to the community where police are treated like dogs?”

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News | 10 December 2021

Limpopo woman says she was inside her shack when the municipality bulldozed it

“I rushed inside and the whole shack fell on me” says Josephine Msiza

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Brief | 9 December 2021

Constitutional Court refuses damages to Ekurhuleni shack dwellers

Majority of judges say damages cannot be awarded to enforce socio-economic rights

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Law | 7 December 2021

Backyarders occupy houses in Cape Town

City has “ejected” them and laid criminal charges

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News | 7 December 2021