July 20, 2023
South Africa: Victory for Abahlali and the Sheffield Shack Dwellers
KwaDukuza Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal has agreed to include over 300 households from the settlement in a new housing project Read more »
July 19, 2023
South Africa: City of Cape Town Has Built Fewer Than 20 Social Housing Units in Inner City in Six Years - Activists
City says it has made more than 32,000 square metres of land available but there are challenges, including "hijacking" of buildings Read more »
July 17, 2023
South Africa: Hundreds March in Cape Town Demanding Better Housing
Shack dwellers and backyarders say their living conditions are unbearable Read more »
South Africa: District Six Residents Oppose Homeless Shelter On Historic Site
Protesters want former Tafelberg crèche to be used for a community centre instead Read more »
July 10, 2023
South Africa: Immigrants in Diepsloot Say They Are Scapegoats for Crime
Complaints of police harassment Read more »
July 05, 2023
South Africa: City of Tshwane Probes Illegal Suburb
Leeuwfontein has been developed without subdivision or approval by local authorities. Now residents want services Read more »
South Africa: Kwazulu-Natal Tornado Victims Hoping for Rapid Help
Some Inanda families lost all their possessions and their homes Read more »
South Africa: Safe Space for Homeless People in Green Point One Step Closer
Planning tribunal gives the go-ahead Read more »
July 03, 2023
South Africa: Mpumalanga Village's Disappearing Roads
"The municipality must fix these streets because we cannot live like this" Read more »
South Africa: Ethekwini Municipality Fixes Streetlights in Bester
Community policing forum members says better lit streets will make crime prevention and patrols easier Read more »
June 30, 2023
South Africa: Rubbish in Delft Overwhelms City of Cape Town Response
City says it spends R300-million a year cleaning up illegal dumps but can't make headway without community support Read more »
June 29, 2023
South Africa: Woman Allocated an RDP House Years Ago Still Lives in a Shack
Bomkazi Sitela's RDP house in Mandela Park was illegally occupied Read more »
South Africa: 25-Year-Old Eastern Cape Informal Settlement Still Lacks Basic Services
GPO residents voted ANC because they believed their relocation would be delayed if they didn't, says resident Thozama Nyathela. "We were only being fed empty promises." Read more »
June 27, 2023
South Africa: Khayelitsha Residents Fed Up With Years of Delays in Housing Project
Planning for the Taiwan informal settlement upgrade started in August 2018 and construction of 4,500 "housing opportunities" will only begin next year Read more »
June 26, 2023
South Africa: Cape Town Informal Settlement Under Water for Two Weeks
Residents fear disease could break out from the human waste in the water Read more »
South Africa: Here People Collect Coal Dust to Cook and Stay Warm
"What is the use of being climate conscious because this duff coal is like gold to us" Read more »
June 23, 2023
South Africa: There's a Way to Sort Out Lighting in Informal Settlements
Solar powered public lights are better than high-mast lights, collaborative Cape Town project suggests Read more »
South Africa: No One Knows When Building Will Restart On the Manenberg School of Skills
The construction tender was ruled invalid because of bungling by a Western Cape government department Read more »
South Africa: Coal Truck Torched in Gqeberha Elecricity Protest
Protesters were demanding the electrification of about 3,000 shacks Read more »
South Africa: Taps Not Tankers Say Land Occupiers in Cape Town
"We are wary of using water from the tankers because of what happened in Hammanskraal" Read more »
June 22, 2023
South Africa: Gqeberha Shack Dwellers Protest After Electricity Disconnected By RDP Home Owners
Residents of Baloyi informal settlement say two transformers installed in March have never been connected Read more »
South Africa: Families Here Relieve Themselves in Plastic Bags Which They Throw Into the Drains
In Lusaka informal settlement in Cape Town there are not enough toilets, drains are blocked, and there is a terrible stench Read more »
June 20, 2023
South Africa: City of Cape Town, National Govt in Spat Over Homeless People Living At the Castle
Land belongs to Public Works department Read more »
South Africa: Cape Town Winter Readiness Does Not Include Townships - Community Leader
But the City says illegal occupiers of a wetland area have blocked outlets, causing flooding Read more »
June 15, 2023
South Africa: Blankets and Food Needed in Cape Town's Flooded Informal Settlements
Some learners have missed examinations Read more »