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More than 200 tenants of Jay Singh housing programme flats are being kicked out every month. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

Phoenix evictions continue despite eThekwini title deeds resolution

More than 200 tenants of Jay Singh housing programme flats are being kicked out every month

More than 200 tenants of Jay Singh housing programme flats are being kicked out every month. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

Victory in sight for Durban social housing tenants

eThekwini council wants the issuing of title deeds completed within two months

The Phoenix Tenants and Residents Association has filed court papers asking for the sale of complexes in the area intended for social housing, set aside. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Durban social housing battle goes to court

Tenants in Durban blocks want the court to give them the right to buy their homes

Decisions: The coalitions the ANC choose to form seem likely to shape which way the South African economy will go. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Phoenix residents demand Ramaphosa release SIU graft report

The social housing investigation was handed to eThekwini municipal manager and the presidency last year

Tenants’ associations want regulator to enforce its cap on eThekwini social housing rentals. (Getty Images)

Court action looms over eThekwini social housing rentals

Tenants’ associations want regulator to enforce its cap on rentals

Social justice: Housing activist Mervin Govender, the independent
candidate for the Forum for Service Delivery, is contesting ward 49 in
Phoenix, in north Durban. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

Phoenix activist takes on Durban’s politically connected in November polls

Independent candidates look set to play a greater role in the metro municipality after 1 November

Implicated: Security companies said to have given weapons to civilians in Phoenix include Royal Security, run by Roy Moodley (in red shirt), who is close to Jacob Zuma (centre), (Photo by Gallo Images / Sowetan / Thuli Dlamini)

Zuma funder link in Phoenix killings

Weapons have been seized from a number of security companies owned by ANC-linked individuals who are loyal to the former president

SIU moves on eThekwini housing scam

The developer allegedly secured illegal funding from the housing regulatory authority