Housing activists | Bizcommunity

Housing activists | Bizcommunity

News

Source: Supplied.

Property

Warning to South African landlords: Student housing crackdown and R180,000 legal shocks

1 Jun 2026

Source: GroundUp/Matthew Hirsch.

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Housing activists oppose eviction bill

Matthew Hirsch 27 May 2026

Source: GroundUp.

Property Development

Government may finally be heeding calls for Cape Town military land to be developed for housing

Matthew Hirsch 19 May 2026

Source: GroundUp/Masixole Feni.

Property Development

Government sent back to the drawing board for Tafelberg site

Matthew Hirsch 16 Mar 2026

Source: GroundUp/Ashraf Hendricks

Affordable & Social Housing

District Six families vow to fight eviction

Matthew Hirsch 18 Feb 2026

Source: GroundUp/Ashraf Hendricks.

Property Development

Cape Town city council approves plan to sell Woodstock Hospital

Matthew Hirsch 8 Dec 2025

Source: Own Haven Housing Association. Conradie Park in Pinelands is being built on land previously owned by the Western Cape Government. It will create 3,500 homes, of which 1,715 will be state-subsidised affordable housing. More than 1,250 units have already been completed.

Property Development

Affordable housing, no state subsidies – City says it will work

Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch 9 Jul 2025

Affordable & Social Housing

Explainer: affordable housing in Cape Town

Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch 8 Jul 2025

Source: Matthew Hirsch. More than 100 Cape Town residents attended a meeting to discuss the proposed redevelopment of the Mowbray Golf Course Site.

Mixed-Use Property

Mixed reactions to affordable housing development on Mowbray Golf Course

Matthew Hirsch 28 Feb 2025

The Tafelberg school site in 2016. Archive photo: Masixole Feni / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Concourt judgment on Tafelberg could change future of social housing

Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch 28 Feb 2025

Reclaim the City demonstrated outside the Western Cape High Court in 2020, calling for the Tafelberg site to be used as affordable housing. Archive photo: James Stent / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Housing activists lose Tafelberg case

Tania Broughton 15 Apr 2024

Heritage approval granted for social housing development at old Woodstock hospital

Affordable & Social Housing

Heritage approval granted for social housing development at old Woodstock hospital

Matthew Hirsch 1 Aug 2023

Social housing in South Africa is in trouble - here's why

Affordable & Social Housing

Social housing in South Africa is in trouble - here's why

Maxwell Roeland 10 Feb 2023

Victory for housing activists in landmark Tafelberg case

Affordable & Social Housing

Victory for housing activists in landmark Tafelberg case

James Stent 1 Sep 2020

Tribunal slams province and city over River Club developments

Property Development

Tribunal slams province and city over River Club developments

Steve Kretzmann 20 Apr 2020

Covid-19: Housing activists call for halt to evictions

Affordable & Social Housing

Covid-19: Housing activists call for halt to evictions

Zoë Postman 23 Mar 2020

Court case on future of Sea Point property begins

Affordable & Social Housing

Court case on future of Sea Point property begins

Madison Yauger 27 Nov 2019

Occupations are the tool to hold government to account, say housing activists

Affordable & Social Housing

Occupations are the tool to hold government to account, say housing activists

Aisha Abdool Karim 22 Oct 2019

Housing activists take City of Cape Town to court

Affordable & Social Housing

Housing activists take City of Cape Town to court

Sandisiwe Shoba 16 Sep 2019

Woodstock Hospital occupiers protest in Civic Centre

Affordable & Social Housing

Woodstock Hospital occupiers protest in Civic Centre

Tariro Washinyira 7 Aug 2019

Housing activists ask court to uphold right to protest

Affordable & Social Housing

Housing activists ask court to uphold right to protest

Katherine Liu 5 Jun 2019

Housing activists interrupt council meeting

Affordable & Social Housing

Housing activists interrupt council meeting

Katherine Liu 31 May 2019

Housing activists occupy Green Point Bowling Club

Affordable & Social Housing

Housing activists occupy Green Point Bowling Club

Peter Luhanga 2 May 2019

Communicare leadership cleared of corruption allegations

Affordable & Social Housing

Communicare leadership cleared of corruption allegations

Kristine Liao 12 Apr 2019

Government bureaucracy hampering investment in Western Cape, says property forum

Markets & Investment

Government bureaucracy hampering investment in Western Cape, says property forum

27 Feb 2019

City counts number of occupiers in Woodstock Hospital

Affordable & Social Housing

City counts number of occupiers in Woodstock Hospital

Aidan Jones 24 Jan 2019

City gives green light to Salt River social housing project

Affordable & Social Housing

City gives green light to Salt River social housing project

Aidan Jones 14 Dec 2018

Housing activists build shacks on prime inner-city land

Affordable & Social Housing

Housing activists build shacks on prime inner-city land

Aidan Jones 6 Dec 2018

Why did the City of Cape Town delay social housing in Salt River?

Affordable & Social Housing

Why did the City of Cape Town delay social housing in Salt River?

Kelly Vinett 8 Nov 2018

AbdouMaliq Simone speaking at the closing panel of the African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference. Photo: Andy Mkosi

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Urban planning: Who leads the conversation?

Sean O'Toole 7 Feb 2018

Filmmaker Michael Uwemedimo, one of the keynote speakers at the African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference, spoke about the violent ‘clearing’ of almost two million people and their waterfront houses in Port Harcourt, Nigeria to make way for development. Photo: Andy Mkosi

Affordable & Social Housing

Housing crisis: data collection is critical

Sean O'Toole 5 Feb 2018

'We should be able to stay in cities where we work'

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

'We should be able to stay in cities where we work'

Thembela Ntongana 30 Aug 2017