Backyard Dwellers’ Forum say they’ve been left out while others are housed
By Daniel Steyn and Vusi Mokoena
Brief | 23 November 2022
About 1,800 people were left homeless in the second fire to rip through the township in less than a month
News | 22 November 2022
Former shack dwellers move into new model houses
News | 21 November 2022
Land Claims Court says the Constitution requires that ESTA be given a “generous interpretation”
Law | 21 November 2022
Broken windows, filthy and broken toilets, terrible stink: the hostels are crumbling and there’s no money to fix them
By Chris Gilili
News | 16 November 2022
The City of Cape Town says Cissie Gool House has been “hijacked” and that Reclaim the City has lost control
By Daniel Steyn
News | 16 November 2022
Activists launch report on urgent need for “inclusive” housing policy
News | 14 November 2022
Homeless community removed from Gqeberha’s Grahamstown Bridge
Brief | 11 November 2022
Venice Burgins had made her views on Communicare clear in social media posts. Yet she failed to recuse herself from a case involving the social housing company.
By James Stent
News | 9 November 2022
Nompumelelo Maqhulumane is among nearly 160 left homeless by a fire in Buffalo City on Sunday
Brief | 8 November 2022
“We cannot blame homelessness on the people experiencing it” says academic
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 4 November 2022
From a “mega project” to an “upgrade”: Marikana Soutpan families are still waiting
News | 2 November 2022
Families crowd into tiny rooms, with no electricity or water, making a living as best they can
Feature | 31 October 2022
But farmers explain it is too costly for them to pay to install the infrastructure
News | 31 October 2022
Cape Town organisation feeding nearly three times as many people since 2019
News | 28 October 2022
“I would not have invested my money here if somebody told me the truth,” says Hermanus home owner
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 27 October 2022