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Neighbours without homes: Zoliswa Mabena (above), Richard Maphaho and Somsy Matso are part of a community grouping in Ekurhuleni who have taken their struggle for the RDP houses they were assigned but never received to the Constitutional Court. Photos: Andy Mkosi
EKURHULENI MUNICIPALITY

‘We can’t stop fighting for our dignity’: ConCourt hears RDP housing saga

One community’s 25-year battle has roped in the president, the Special Investigating Unit, public protector’s office and the highest court for an RDP house that means more than a…

  • Athandiwe Saba
10 min read
BACKYARD DWELLERS

Tackling the Western Cape’s housing problem, shack by shack

Youths can learn new skills and earn money at The Shackbuilder training institute, where how to build a shack is on the curriculum

  • Eunice Masson
3 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