August 23, 2023
South Africa: Housing Activists March to President's Doorstep
The existing State Land Disposal Act could be used to fast track the use of public land for human settlement Read more »
South Africa: Mamelodi Shack Dwellers Won't Get Promised Houses Anytime Soon
City of Tshwane says it intends to complete approval for a township for Stoffel Park in April 2024 Read more »
August 22, 2023
South Africa: Madibeng Protesters Travel 60km to Complain to Mayor
They are demanding consistent and clean drinking water as well as electricity Read more »
August 18, 2023
South Africa: Families Flee Cape Town Informal Settlements Under Threat
Nearby backyarders hope for houses, though the City of Cape Town says the land is "lost" for housing Read more »
August 17, 2023
South Africa: 1,500 Families Share Three Toilets in Durban Informal Settlement
Nearly 40 blocked toilets have not been fixed after two years Read more »
August 15, 2023
South Africa: Shack Dwellers Look to Renewable Energy to Power Informal Settlements
A group of organisations have created successful small projects, but now they want to aim bigger Read more »
South Africa: Dozens of Families Still Homeless a Month After Durban Shack Fire
While waiting for building material, fire victims have been living in the community hall or with neighbours Read more »
South Africa: Cape Town Mayor Threatens President With Formal Dispute Process Over Rail Service
PRASA has snubbed City of Cape Town's attempts to take over management of Metrorail Read more »
August 14, 2023
South Africa: Dunoon Women Spend Women's Day Holiday Cleaning Up Rubbish
Garbage has been piling up in Dunoon for more than a month Read more »
August 08, 2023
South Africa: Jobless Residents Clean Up Rubbish Dumps in Nyanga East
Volunteers work from 9am to 1pm on weekdays Read more »
South Africa: Durban Homeowners Withhold Rates Payments to Protest Rates Hike
Homeowners say the eThekwini municipality's 2023/2024 budget does not take into account the inclusive needs of ratepayers. Read more »
August 07, 2023
South Africa: After a Month of No Refuse Collection, Dunoon Residents March to Municipal Offices
Subcouncil 3 manager says area is too volatile to render services Read more »
August 01, 2023
South Africa: Heritage Approval Granted for Social Housing Development At Old Woodstock Hospital
The City of Cape Town has welcomed heritage approval to proceed with its social housing plans, but the hospital is already occupied Read more »
August 04, 2023
South Africa: Lives of Poor and Working Class People Upended By Violent Taxi Strike
"Ordinary people like me are the ones suffering" says patient as clinic services impacted by taxi strike Read more »
South Africa: Slovo Park Fury At City of Johannesburg's Broken Promises
City has still not upgraded the settlement in spite of a 2016 court ruling Read more »
August 01, 2023
South Africa: Khayelitsha Volunteers Roll Up Sleeves to Clean Up Uncollected Rubbish
Residents say the contractor stopped cleaning over two months ago because of a dispute with the City Read more »
South Africa: R78-Million Sebokeng License Centre Left to Rot
R91-million needed to fix it, according to opposition MPL Read more »
July 31, 2023
South Africa: A Month's Worth of Garbage Piles Up On Dunoon Streets
City waste removal contract ended on 30 June, with no waste collected since Read more »
July 27, 2023
South Africa: Ten Years After Groundup Revealed Her Plight, a Disabled Woman and Her Autistic Son Are Still Living in a Tiny Shack With No Electricity or Sanitation
Musa Pani is now 17 and nothing has changed for the better Read more »
July 25, 2023
South Africa: Families Rally to Help Bury Three Children Who Died After Playing On Dump Site
City of Cape Town and SAPS are investigating the deaths Read more »
July 21, 2023
South Africa: Over 1,000 Shack Dwellers Protest - 'We Are Tired of Living in Squalor'
City of Cape Town accused of "persistent failure to collect rubbish " in informal settlements Read more »
South Africa: Thirteen Years After Making Way for World Cup, Durban Residents Still Waiting for Houses
But the eThekwini Municipality says its still busy verifying beneficiaries Read more »
South Africa: Soweto Informal Settlement Abandoned By Government
After 33 years, just five working toilets and four working taps for hundreds of households in Nomzamo Park Read more »
July 20, 2023
South Africa: Living On the Streets of Vasco - 'Law Enforcement Keeps Coming but I Still Return'
Stephanus Nel is one of an increasing number of people living on the streets in the Cape Town suburb Read more »
South Africa: One Tap for 1,000 Families. and It's Been Dry for Seven Years
Eastern Cape villagers say they have given up asking their councillors for help Read more »