After 25 years, 81-year-old widow finally gets an RDP house
Ndenzeni Njwenene, 81, receives the keys to her RDP house. She applied in 1999, when she was 56. Photo... Read more
4 Mar, 2024
City of Tshwane mum on ‘investigation’ into illegal suburb
A house in Leeuwfontein – an illegal suburb that the City of Tshwane says it is still investigating. Photos:... Read more
27 Feb, 2024
Gang extorts money from people occupying government flats
People unlawfully occupied the Nellmapius Heatherly flats in March 2019, while it was still being built by the Gauteng... Read more
12 Jan, 2024
Teenager’s drowning highlights broken promises in Kliptown
By Silver Sibiya Families living along the banks of the Klipspruit River in Kliptown, Soweto say they want to... Read more
17 Nov, 2023
RDP houses left incomplete for eight years
Community leader Elizabeth Polisi says her daughter had to move to her home and now lives with her because... Read more
4 Nov, 2023
Over 100 grannies march in Durban to demand better healthcare and housing
About 120 grannies marched from the Balmoral Hotel to Addington Hospital in Durban’s city centre on Thursday under the... Read more
27 Oct, 2023
Families have been waiting six years to be moved from Durban transit camp
Thozi Dlamini and neighbour Arina Ndawonde are still waiting to be moved from the transit camp. Photo: Manqulo Nyakombi... Read more
21 Sep, 2023
Call for Johannesburg to turn ‘dark buildings’ into decent housing for poor people
Activists and residents of “dark buildings” in Johannesburg’s inner-city met outside the Library Gardens on Saturday to discuss the... Read more
18 Sep, 2023
Housing activists march to President’s doorstep
Taiwan informal settlement resident Thumeka Mzayiya and Site B resident Nompumelelo Njombolwana dragged a mobile shack to the official... Read more
24 Aug, 2023
Calls mount for unused military and state land to be released for housing
The City of Cape Town estimates that more than half of all new homes that will be built in... Read more
1 Apr, 2023
