An upsurge in violence in Blikkiesdorp is linked to residents competing for homes in a new housing scheme

What happens after the sheriff has come knocking?

Municipal property in the city should not be sold but used to build affordable housing

Blikkiesdorp, a vast temporary camp for Cape Town’s homeless and evicted, has attracted a media spotlight ahead of the Soccer World Cup.

Campaigners say conditions in Blikkiesdorp or "Tin Can Town" are worse than in the townships created during apartheid.

A man dying alone in a shack of Aids speaks volumes about conditions in Blikkiesdorp, described as a ”dumping ground” for unwanted people in Cape Town