Eldorado Park

Makhura announces programme to ease Joburg South land crisis

Article Sarah Smit - 14 May 2018

Gauteng Premier David Makhura says he will attend to those feeling neglected when it comes to issues of housing and land

Twenty-three people live in a two-bedroom flat in Eldos

Article Govan Whittles - 12 May 2017

Three families in too little space: "We literally fight for this room."

‘Uprising’ prediction comes true

Article Govan Whittles - 12 May 2017

In the same week the UN was looking into claims that coloured people were gatvol, rioting erupted.

How solving the Eldorado Park housing crisis could keep a family safe

Article Govan Whittles - 10 May 2017

Gauteng human settlements MEC Paul Mashatile says preference for housing will be given to those who applied in 1994.

Eldorado Park protests: ‘Government doesn’t want to build us houses’

Article bogdan TagDiv - 8 May 2017

Protesters and police traded bricks for rubber bullets. Rocks and bricks scattered the streets where debris and tyres lay smoking.

Eldorado Park is nothing like its fabled namesake – no wealth or opportunity

Videos Staff Reporter - 27 Jul 2016

Twenty three people - including grandchildren, grandparents and parents - share a flat in Eldorado Park.

Eldorado Park was built on dreams, many of them shattered by government ineptitude

Article Oupa Nkosi - 25 Jul 2016

Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg, is a place where buildings like Hillbrow Flats once reflected people’s hopes. But that was a long time ago.

Mantashe: DA is a wolf in sheep skin

Article Sapa - 12 Apr 2014

ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe addressed supporters at a stadium in Eldorado Park, Soweto, ahead of the party's election campaign.

Gauteng premier Nomvula Mokonyane joins Eldorado drug battle

Article Sapa - 2 Jun 2013

"We will defeat this demon," she told members of the Anglican church in a prayer march in Eldorado Park on Sunday.

Zuma’s politicking on the road to Eldorado

Article Sipho Kings - 17 May 2013

If Jacob Zuma's visit was meant to win votes, he'll have to deliver on his promises in double-quick time, writes Sipho Kings.

Task team set up to tackle Eldorado Park’s drug issues

Article Sapa - 15 May 2013

Gauteng will set up a task team to fight drug abuse in Eldorado Park, says Premier Nomvula Mokonyane's office.

Electioneering in Eldos: Will Zuma deliver on this promise?

Analysis bogdan TagDiv - 15 May 2013

Although Jacob Zuma’s visit to Eldorado Park was welcomed, there will have to be some action before it looks like anything more than electioneering.

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