Cancellation of sale agreement between Western Cape government and the school that bought the property has not been finalised
By James Stent
News | 13 November 2020
Land occupiers say they want water, toilets and electricity, but the City of Cape Town says the land is not suitable
By Vincent Lali
News | 12 November 2020
Evictees say they were out of options
News | 12 November 2020
They say they do not know who to ask for help as farm owner is impossible to track down
News | 10 November 2020
Effingham shack dwellers feel neglected by the eThekwini Municipality
News | 10 November 2020
There is a a decades-long battle over Boschendal housing
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 6 November 2020
Some people started rebuilding on Tuesday after the homes of 139 people were gutted by a shack fire on Monday
Brief | 4 November 2020
Housing project built in Pietermaritzburg without sewerage or planning
News | 4 November 2020
R174-million Eastern Cape building fiasco
News | 3 November 2020
They want the government to provide services to their informal settlement but it’s on private land. Nevertheless there is hope that a pending land transfer will change things
News | 3 November 2020
Official says services cannot be provided because some of the land occupations are still before the court
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 2 November 2020
City says floodline makes land unsuitable for development
By Liezl Human
Brief | 30 October 2020
City of Cape Town says the residents have occupied a stormwater retention pond unlawfully
By Vincent Lali
News | 29 October 2020
Shacks have been erected in the middle of their crops in Dunoon
Brief | 27 October 2020
They were forcibly evicted from their home on a farm in Paarl where they lived for 23 years
By Liezl Human
News | 27 October 2020
Protesters are demanding services and recognition for Eyadini informal settlement in Cape Town
By Vincent Lali
News | 26 October 2020