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Homeless man killed by City cop to be buried on Saturday

19th Jan 2022 Mzi Velapi 0

Funeral arrangements are underway for a homeless man who was shot and killed by a City of Cape Town law enforcement officer.

2021 – The wrap

15th Dec 2021 Mzi Velapi 0

These are some of the stories we brought you in 2021. Expect more to follow in 2022.

EC municipalities squander millions on sub-standard building projects

18th Nov 2021 Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 0

Construction companies with questionable track records continue to rake it in.

3 shelters for Joburg’s 15,000 homeless

10th Nov 2021 Chris Gilili 0

Homeless people complain that they cannot afford the R8 entry fee charged at the Kotze Street shelter which belongs to the City of Johannesburg.

Alex hostel dwellers bemoan basic services

8th Nov 2021 Ramatamo Sehoai 0

Hostel residents in Alexandra township have been decrying lack of services at the hostels since 1994.

Voting for rubbish collection, electricity and much needed services

2nd Nov 2021 Mzi Velapi Johnnie Isaac Nokulunga Majola Ramatamo Sehoai 0

Voters around the country say they voted for sanitation, jobs and houses.

Vezinyawo residents not pinning their hopes on upcoming elections

25th Oct 2021 Ramatamo Sehoai 0

Temporary relocation area residents say the upcoming local government elections are not going to change their living conditions.

Homeless in the ‘Mother City’

12th Oct 2021 Siyabonga Kamnqa 0

As World Homeless Day was marked, the City of Cape Town declared it intends appealing a court ruling that it pay compensation to homeless people it removed from District 6.

Motherwell families live in fear of eviction

5th Oct 2021 Joseph Chirume 0

Families facing eviction by a company that bought their bank-repossessed homes want the government to intervene and protect them.

Alex informal settlement residents remain defiant

22nd Sep 2021 Ramatamo Sehoai 0

City Power’s latest effort to remove illegal connections will, like previous raids, prove futile as no legal supply of electricity even exists in these informal settlements.

Informal settlement residents in Mdantsane complain of rat infestation

1st Jul 2021 Mandla Mnyakama 0

Residents see no way else to get rid of their rubbish than to dump it because no truck will be coming to collect it.

Evicted in the midst of a pandemic: Belgium’s housing crisis

28th Apr 2021 Equal Times 0

Florence has been living in Brussels since 2009 and has spent the last three years in social housing in the municipality of Schaarbeek. A few […]

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