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

Phoenix evictions continue despite eThekwini title deeds resolution

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

  • Paddy Harper
6 min read
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)
ANC

Phoenix residents demand Ramaphosa release SIU graft report

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

  • Paddy Harper
7 min read
Tenants’ associations want regulator to enforce its cap on eThekwini social housing rentals. (Getty Images)
ANC

Court action looms over eThekwini social housing rentals

Tenants’ associations want regulator to enforce its cap on rentals

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
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
ANC

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

  • Paddy Harper
11 min read