The politicisation of such an important element of democracy leaves residents frustrated and angry
Masuelle highlighted improvements in delivery of services for education
Informal settlements, ‘bad’ buildings and overcrowding will increase without this government intervention.
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.
Despite a housing shortage in the area, R54-million has gone missing in a project that provincial leaders cancelled before completion.
The justice department’s Amarightza programme aims to educate the public and officials about the socioeconomic rights enshrined in the Bill of Rights.
The housing delivery rate fell by 25% in the past five years and the backlog stands at 2.3-million, said Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu.
This week, <b>Niren Tolsi<b>, looks at the transformative impact of Constitutional Court judgments in the communities which need it most.
President Jacob Zuma said he was nearly reduced to tears when he saw a family’s living conditions in a shack he visited in Orange Farm, Johannesburg.
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/ 18 February 2009
A City of Cape Town disciplinary committee has found DA councillor Frank Martin guilty of encouraging people to invade homes at Delft in the city.
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/ 21 November 2008
The Eden Park situation is reportedly under control after a man was killed there on Thursday, allegedly by the Red Ants security guards.
Western Cape housing minister Richard Dyantyi has applied to rezone land occupied by the informal settlement, despite residents opposing evictions.
The launch of a hostel eradication programme in Soweto this week stirred speculation that the Gauteng government had been spurred into action by fears of further xenophobic outbursts.
ANC MP Rose Sonto, also the head of the South African National Civic Organisation in the Western Cape, this week repeated unsubstantiated allegations that foreigners are buying government-subsidised houses and forcing South Africans to live in shacks.