South Africa: 60 Years Since District Six Declared Whites-Only Area

Many families are still waiting for restitution Read more »

South Africa: Cape Town Leads Metro Housing Race

Here's how the major cities are doing on housing delivery Read more »

South Africa: Leticia Nquma Has Been Warned She'll Be Evicted Soon. but She's Still Painting Her Shack Pink

Dozens of families in Sinqawunqawu, Cape Town, live under the threat of eviction from land owned by Shoprite Read more »

South Africa: Living in Limbo - Eight Years Later Families Are Still in Community Hall

City says it has "identified possible relocation areas" but gives no timeline Read more »

South Africa: Social Housing Set to Be Built At Salt River Market This Year

Funding is secured, but about 50 families living in an informal settlement still need to be relocated Read more »

South Africa: Housing Activist Group Wants to Bid for R87-Million Property

The City of Cape Town has announced that the old Woodstock hospital, which has been occupied by hundreds of people since 2017, will be sold Read more »

South Africa: Durban Mayor Urged to Investigate Assaults On Homeless People

People we spoke to describe being beaten with sjamboks by Ensure Security's masked guards. The company denies this. Read more »

South Africa: After the Shelter - Cape Town's Urgent Need to House Homeless People

Shelters and Safe Spaces are only stop-gap solutions. Transitional accommodation and support is needed, say experts. Read more »

South Africa: Municipality Moves to Evict Hundreds of Tshwane Residents

Many people living at JJ Bosmanhuis say they cannot afford rent elsewhere and fear they will end up on the streets Read more »

South Africa: Shacks Fill With Sewage After Pipe Collapses

Pipes need maintenance, but shacks on top of them are preventing access Read more »

South Africa: Ethekwini Blames Shembe Church for Delays in Housing Project

Burlington development has been stuck since 2022 Read more »

South Africa: Parliament Takes Social Housing Regulator to Task Over Stalled Projects

Ten projects with more than 3,800 units still need to be completed Read more »

South Africa: MPs Condemn Unsafe Living Conditions At Occupied Cape Town Building

Helen Bowden Nurses Home, near the V&A Waterfront, was occupied in 2017 Read more »

South Africa: Hundreds of Incomplete Homes Stand Empty in Kwazulu-Natal Housing Project

Provincial government has spent more than R101-million Read more »

South Africa: Cape Town Needs Rent Control. Here Are Six Ways We Could Do It

Renting a home close to the city has become unaffordable even for many middle-class households Read more »

South Africa: Homeless Shelter's Dance Show Ends With a Standing Ovation

The Haven's Dignity in Motion showcases ballroom dancing by people living at its shelters Read more »

South Africa: Families Living in Temporary Housing for 13 Years Accuse Ethekwini of Neglecting Them

They were moved to make way for a housing project that is yet to be built Read more »

South Africa: Homeless Shelter Waltzes to First-Ever Dance Show

The Haven Night Shelter will stage the "Dignity in Motion" show next week Read more »

South Africa: Durban Community Hall Left to Ruin By Municipality

Jabulani Hall has broken windows and collapsing ceilings and its dilapidated offices are occupied by people who say they were displaced by floods in 2022 Read more »

South Africa: Eldorado Park Occupiers Picket Police Station After Shack Demolitions

They accuse the police of brutality during an eviction operation last week Read more »

South Africa: Court Green-Lights Eviction of Over 1,800 Ballito Residents

But KwaDukuza Municipality must satisfy the court it has a plan to relocate them with services Read more »

South Africa: Over 100 Houses Illegally Occupied in Stalled Nyanga Project

Contractor problems, the covid pandemic, extortion attempts, vandalism and illegal occupations have delayed the housing project Read more »

South Africa: Hundreds of People to Be Evicted From Land Owned By Shoprite

"We don't want to be thrown into the street like dogs" says Mfuleni community leader Andiswa Nkohla Read more »

South Africa: Landowners Must Go Through Mediation Before Applying for an Eviction, Court Rules

Land Court lays out rules for mediation procedures Read more »

South Africa: After Years On Waiting List, Man Builds House On Sports Field

In Dunoon, Cape Town, no government housing projects have been completed since 2000 Read more »