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‘Make Cape Town’s housing waiting list public!’

27th March 2024 Chris Gilili 0

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 for Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain by year-end

14th March 2024 Vincent Lali 0

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.

Government won’t build you a house, Housing Minister Kubayi tells activists

13th February 2024 Vincent Lali 0

Activists used the opportunity to comment on the Draft White Paper on Human Settlements to call for policy changes.

Shack dwellers flee violent persecution

17th November 2023 Mzi Velapi 0

Many residents of Siyakhana have fled their homes for fear of their lives. On Wednesday night, several homes were petrol bombed by ‘maphara’.

Extortion and murder hold back development in Delft

30th October 2023 Asive Mabula 0

Cape Town has not been able to find contractors willing to risk involvement in its construction projects in Delft.

Housing project in Mandela Park stokes tension between backyarders and shack dwellers

23rd October 2023 Asive Mabula 0

Mandela Park Backyarders are adamant that the housing project should benefit their community while the City of Cape Town insists units will be allocated according to the housing waiting list.

Inner city residents call for an inclusive Joburg

18th September 2023 Ramatamo Sehoai 0

Unions and NGOs convened a meeting this Saturday to build a collective response to the housing crisis in inner city Johannesburg.

Residents of informal settlements on Cape Town’s railways ‘live in poop’

14th September 2023 Asive Mabula 0

Communities along Cape Town’s central line complain of inadequate sanitation and access to water as the plan to relocate them stalls.

Jagersfontein community waits in vain for compensation

12th September 2023 Ramatamo Sehoai 0

The Jagersfontein community say that they are worried about the snail pace to implement the recommendations of the report following the 2021 mine tailings dam collapse.

Helena Silvestre: “Occupation enables us to take part in the birth of a neighbourhood and think about new ways of living together”

10th July 2023 Equal Times 0

Helena Silvestre was born in 1984 in Mauá, in ‘ABC Paulista’, metropolitan region of São Paulo. She grew up in a favela, which led her […]

Their 100 problems leave Langa residents unmoved by township’s centenary

27th June 2023 Asive Mabula 0

As Langa celebrates 100 years of its existence, its residents are not happy with the services that they receive from the City of Cape Town.

Langa centenary nothing to celebrate for hostel residents

23rd June 2023 Lihle Krwala 0

Hostel residents in Langa say they are tired of empty promises of houses and failure to maintain the hostels by the authorities.

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