Shacks fill with sewage after pipe collapses
An overflowing sewage pipe in Lansdown Road informal Settlement on Tuesday. Photos: Vincent Lali By Vincent Lali Families in... Read more
4 Dec, 2025
Police van crashes into shacks, injures two, and leaves families homeless
Athenkosi Zenzile stands in front of his damaged shack at Gushindoda informal settlement near Symphony Way in Delft. A... Read more
18 Sep, 2025
Joburg blaze leaves hundreds momeless, struggling for shelter
Cape Town – A fire in the Booysens informal settlement in Johannesburg CBD on Monday destroyed around 100 shacks,... Read more
28 Jan, 2025
Army destroys shacks in Marievale, leaving families homeless
Sandra Masinga spent several nights sleeping in the cold next to where her shack used to be, in Happiness... Read more
11 Jul, 2024
Dozens of shacks demolished in Midrand
Ruth Hlungwani and her three-year-old daughter surrounded by what is left of their possessions after their shack was demolished.... Read more
15 May, 2024
100 shacks demolished by City of Joburg on rainy weekend
About 100 shacks were demolished on government land in Glen Austin in Midrand, Johannesburg, on the weekend. Photo: Silver... Read more
9 Apr, 2024
