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Residents facing eviction from these houses in Bromwell Street want the City of Cape Town to give them alternative accommodation near the City CBD. Photo: Rejul Bejoy

Woodstock residents win right to challenge City of Cape Town on housing

Barbara Maregele and Tara Osborne 16 Aug 2018

Occupiers of Cape Town buildings hold first congress

Occupiers of Cape Town buildings hold first congress

Phathiswa Shushwana 13 Aug 2018

These RDP houses in Joe Slovo flood regularly. Photo: Joseph Chirume

RDP houses built in a floodplain

Joseph Chirume 7 Aug 2018

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Intergovernmental pact seeks to speed up housing in North West

7 Aug 2018

Parkwood housing project gets underway

Parkwood housing project gets underway

Barbara Maregele 3 Aug 2018

Cape Town's neglected council flats

Cape Town's neglected council flats

Mary-Anne Gontsana and Thembela Ntongana 25 Jul 2018

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CT housing crisis solution shortlisted in global competition

9 Jul 2018

Hundreds of backyarders, informal settlement dwellers and social housing tenants (or former tenants) marched to the provincial Department of Human Settlement on Wednesday. Photo: Thembela Ntongana

Social housing residents demand option to buy homes

Thembela Ntongana 5 Jul 2018

Land occupations across the country have skyrocketed this year. New approaches are needed to solve the housing shortage. Archive photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana

Can subsidised rentals help solve the housing crisis?

GroundUp editors 28 Jun 2018

Battle for Bo-Kaap's future remains ongoing

Battle for Bo-Kaap's future remains ongoing

Aidan Jones 27 Jun 2018

City and provincial officials met with Parkwood community leaders on Tuesday to discuss potential sites for social and affordable housing. Photo: Barbara Maregele

Western Cape government identifies seven possible housing sites

Barbara Maregele 21 Jun 2018

Western Cape MEC for Human Settlements Bonginkosi Madikizela addressed the spate of land occupations in a press conference on Thursday, 14 June. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana

We can't house everyone, says Bonginkosi Madikizela

Mary-Anne Gontsana 18 Jun 2018

Affordable housing solutions in pipes, containers and 3D printers

Affordable housing solutions in pipes, containers and 3D printers

Rina Chandran 7 Jun 2018

Drakenstein could be testing ground for land expropriation, says minister

Drakenstein could be testing ground for land expropriation, says minister

Barbara Maregele 6 Jun 2018

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