Housing

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

Taiwan informal settlement resident Thumeka Mzayiya and Site B resident Nompumelelo Njombolwana dragged a mobile shack to the official... Read more

24 Aug, 2023

The City of Cape Town estimates that more than half of all new homes that will be built in... Read more

1 Apr, 2023

Freetown – Off a path in Cockle Bay, a slum in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, lies the squat, tin-roofed... Read more

28 Feb, 2023

Durban – Thulisile Ntobela, once lived in an apartment, but when her rent went up 25%, the unemployed mother of... Read more

24 Apr, 2022

Alexandra – In one of South Africa’s roughest townships, an overcrowded and dilapidated housing complex has maintained one rule... Read more

19 Feb, 2022