Activists ask: What happened to land reform?
The lack of decent housing in Cape Town and other parts of the country is a problem the government seems reluctant to solve.
The lack of decent housing in Cape Town and other parts of the country is a problem the government seems reluctant to solve.
Eskom has promised to install electricity but is scant on details.
Homeless people say the shelters are like a prison, filthy and a death trap.
Human Rights Commission report finds that mining by Anglo American Platinum affects the rights of villagers in Limpopo.
The South African Weather Services has issued a level 8 warning for the Western Cape.
Photos of Monwabisi Park in Khayelitsha and Covid Village in Mfuleni show the miserable conditions of their residents as storms lash the Western Cape.
“We believe that this decision will only further marginalize and traumatize an already vulnerable population”
– Homeless Action Coalition
Pensioners who have waited for more than 20 years for a house have lost hope of ever escaping living in backyard rooms and shacks.
Prasa promises trains to be running on Cape Town’s busiest line by the end of the year but has yet to relocate hundreds of families who built homes along the railway during the Covid lockdown.
Activists used the opportunity to comment on the Draft White Paper on Human Settlements to call for policy changes.
Many residents of Siyakhana have fled their homes for fear of their lives. On Wednesday night, several homes were petrol bombed by ‘maphara’.
Cape Town has not been able to find contractors willing to risk involvement in its construction projects in Delft.