Backyarders in Stellenbosch want houses or might occupy the golf course
Stellenbosch backyard dwellers declare that they have exhausted peaceful engagement with the municipality
Lack of housing
3 shelters for Joburg’s 15,000 homeless
Homeless people complain that they cannot afford the R8 entry fee charged at the Kotze Street shelter which belongs to the City of Johannesburg.
Voting for rubbish collection, electricity and much needed services
Voters around the country say they voted for sanitation, jobs and houses.
Homeless in the ‘Mother City’
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.
Families left homeless after houses are demolished
The City of Johannesburg is adamant that it will ensure that “anarchy” does not “prevail” as it continues to demolish houses despite the ongoing national state of disaster that prohibits evictions.
Backyarders in Cape Town call for transparency in housing allocation
Organisations representing backyarders in Cape Town say that government’s housing database has to be laid bare to ensure the most deserving people receive subsidised houses.
Evicted backyarders demand accommodation from the City
Not finding anyone to receive their memorandum at the Civic Centre and at Parliament, the protestors vowed to return in the next few days.
Backyarders still determined to fight for housing
It has been six days since the occupiers of Arcadia Place were evicted and living on the streets outside the building in Observatory.
Mbalula promises action from new Station Commander in Phillipi East
After the mass killings in Marikana informal settlement, Cape Town, on the weekend that took 11 lives, the full force of ministerial bluster descended on the area to try reassure a community in shock. Police Minister, Fikile Mbalula, continued with his tough talk as he presented a new Station Commander for the Philippi East Police Station.
Occupiers adamant that they will not be moved
The attempted removal of a land occupation in the Vaal area of Gauteng has claimed 3 lives already and occupiers are adamant that they will not be moved. The government through the police and private security have responded violently to land occupations throughout the country.
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