Shack dwellers flee violent pogrom
Many residents of Siyakhana have fled their homes for fear of their lives. On Wednesday night, several homes were petrol
Elitsha
November 21, 2023
Cape Winelands farm workers face forceful evictions.
Farm worker family evicted, belongings dumped on the side of the road.
GroundUp
November 20, 2023
Residents celebrate victory halting of the Auction of Maynard Street homes.
PRESS STATEMENT 17 November 2023 Today, the City of Cape Town informed the families residing at city-owned rental housing on
Ndifuna Ukwazi
November 18, 2023
Hundreds homeless after shack fire rips through Quarry Road settlement in Durban
Survivors say the fire spread rapidly through the informal settlement, destroying 150 shacks.
GroundUp
November 17, 2023
Spoekiesdorp informal settlement haunted by past farm evictions, gang violence, floods, no access to electricity, sanitation and clean water.
Spoekiesdorp informal settlement is prone to flooding, lacks access to toilets and clean water, and there is no formal electricity.
GroundUp
November 17, 2023
Human Rights Lawyers challenge Tshwane’s eviction of homeless people
The City should be offering to house homeless people in shelters rather than forcefully removing them from spaces without an
GroundUp
November 15, 2023
After 24 years, almost 1,000 RDP houses in Mthatha are still not finished
In 1999, shack dwellers in Mthatha were moved into 969 RDP homes, only to find the houses were very badly
GroundUp
November 14, 2023
Durban residents displaced for 2010 world cup stage are neglected in transit camp for 13 years
In 2009 more than 600 families were moved to Kwadabeka, north-west of Durban, in preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
GroundUp
November 14, 2023
R462m ‘megafarm’ land reform project in disarray after North West department fails to release funding
Photographs by Magnificent Mndebele In the lush plantation fields of Skeerpoort, situated about half an hour’s drive from Brits in
amaBhungane
November 10, 2023
Several small-scale farmers face eviction Musina, Limpopo
Sammy Raphunga (left), chairperson of Musina Farmers Association, and association president Jeffrey Magwira at one of the plots where cabbages
GroundUp
November 10, 2023
Land & Housing
Shack dwellers flee violent pogrom
Many residents of Siyakhana have fled their homes for fear of their lives. On Wednesday night, several homes were petrol
Elitsha
November 21, 2023
Environment & Water
Cape Winelands farm workers face forceful evictions.
Farm worker family evicted, belongings dumped on the side of the road.
GroundUp
November 20, 2023
Government & Service Delivery
Residents celebrate victory halting of the Auction of Maynard Street homes.
PRESS STATEMENT 17 November 2023 Today, the City of Cape Town informed the families residing at city-owned rental housing on
Ndifuna Ukwazi
November 18, 2023
Government & Service Delivery
Hundreds homeless after shack fire rips through Quarry Road settlement in Durban
Survivors say the fire spread rapidly through the informal settlement, destroying 150 shacks.
GroundUp
November 17, 2023
Democracy & Constitution
Spoekiesdorp informal settlement haunted by past farm evictions, gang violence, floods, no access to electricity, sanitation and clean water.
Spoekiesdorp informal settlement is prone to flooding, lacks access to toilets and clean water, and there is no formal electricity.
GroundUp
November 17, 2023
Gauteng
Human Rights Lawyers challenge Tshwane’s eviction of homeless people
The City should be offering to house homeless people in shelters rather than forcefully removing them from spaces without an
GroundUp
November 15, 2023
Eastern Cape
After 24 years, almost 1,000 RDP houses in Mthatha are still not finished
In 1999, shack dwellers in Mthatha were moved into 969 RDP homes, only to find the houses were very badly
GroundUp
November 14, 2023
KZN
Durban residents displaced for 2010 world cup stage are neglected in transit camp for 13 years
In 2009 more than 600 families were moved to Kwadabeka, north-west of Durban, in preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
GroundUp
November 14, 2023
Land & Housing
R462m ‘megafarm’ land reform project in disarray after North West department fails to release funding
Photographs by Magnificent Mndebele In the lush plantation fields of Skeerpoort, situated about half an hour’s drive from Brits in
amaBhungane
November 10, 2023
Land & Housing
Several small-scale farmers face eviction Musina, Limpopo
Sammy Raphunga (left), chairperson of Musina Farmers Association, and association president Jeffrey Magwira at one of the plots where cabbages
GroundUp
November 10, 2023