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Living in the dark: Yigal Paul Fraser lost his job during the lockdown and is unable to pay his rent. His landlord has cut the electricity to his family’s apartment. (David Harrison)
CORONAVIRUS

Eviction spike as the lockdown relaxes

Housing tribunal data shows that tenants are increasingly in distress as landlords come knocking for the unpaid lockdown rent owed to them

  • Lester Kiewit
6 min read
The South African Human Rights Commission and housing activists brought — and won — an application to halt lockdown demolitions of what the City of Cape Town said were unoccupied dwellings
ANTI LAND INVASION UNIT

High court declares the City of Cape Town’s lockdown evictions illegal

The South African Human Rights Commission and housing activists brought — and won — an application to halt lockdown demolitions of what the City of Cape Town said were unoccupied…

  • Lester Kiewit
4 min read