PRASA settlement to double in size in spite of problems with water and sanitation Picture and Words: Sandiso Phaliso / GroundUp The number of families living on land...
Residents of Kensington’s oldest settlement get electricity for the first time Twelve families in Kensington’s 6th Avenue informal settlement, one of the oldest communities in...
Carl Pophaim appointed as MMC for Human Settlements Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has appointed Councillor Carl Pophaim as the Mayoral Committee...
Clean, newly formed settlements, demand shack dwellers Only 16 of the 36 new occupations established following the outbreak of Covid have...
Bleak start to 2023 as blaze rips through Cape Town settlement A bleak start to 2023 for parts of Cape Town as a third fire...
Informal structure fire claimed the lives of two women Two females tragically lost their lives in the early hours of Thursday, May 20....
We are treated like animals, Cape informal shack dwellers’ movement says A human rights group, Intlungu yaseMatyotyombeni Movement (Pain of the Slums) on Monday marched...
Update: Possible hail and lightning for parts of the Cape, warns SAWS Update 19 September: As the cold front makes its way through the country, the...
Have your say on Cape Town’s first Waste Strategy The City of Cape Town has developed its first waste strategy to address the...
Land invasions cost Cape Town R1.3 billion in housing developments Land invasions have cost the City of Cape Town an estimated R1.3 billion worth...