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...
Housing activists demand release of Tafelberg site in latest petition Another petition has landed at Premier Alan Winde’s door, seeking his intervention to use...
Poor squeezed out by Cape Town housing shortage Ursula Felkers moved to ‘Tin Can Town’ in 2007 after being evicted from an...
Rondebosch East fumes over 800-unit housing plan A proposed housing project on the corner of Kromboom Road and Seventh Avenue in...
CT Mayor aims to use underutilised land for affordable housing Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is committed to transforming large, underutilised tracts of land...
Red tape delays Dunoon housing project Picture and words: Peter Luhanga /GroundUp Six years ago the then Cape Town mayor Patricia...
Huge housing project stopped by ‘masked thugs’ Picture and words: Vincent Lali / GroundUp A huge housing project to relocate thousands of...
CoCT approves new social housing development in Woodstock The City of Cape Town has approved the release of its sixth inner-city property...
Blow for Woodstock social housing plans Picture and words: Matthew Hirsch / GroundUp The decision by Heritage Western Cape (HWC) to...
City moves to evict Salt River Market traders amidst housing plans The City of Cape Town persists in its efforts to remove longstanding traders from...
Activists want 12 more pieces of public land used for housing Picture and words: Marecia Damons / GroundUp Parking lots in Cape Town’s city centre should be used...
Activists press Western Cape Premier on CBD parking lot conversion to social housing Numerous housing activists and civic groups intercepted Western Cape Premier Alan Winde, urging action...
Housing activists lose Tafelberg case Words: Tania Broughton / GroundUp The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has upheld an...
City’s budget allocates billions to informal settlements and housing The City’s Draft Budget proposed more than R3bn for informal settlement upgrades and services...
Cape Town’s micro-developer fund boosts affordable housing The City of Cape Town approved a fund aimed at supporting micro-developers who build...
Housing activists frustrated by President Ramaphosa’s six-month silence on public land act Words: Matthew Hirsch / GroundUp Picture: Vincent Lali / GroundUp ‘There is a deep sense...
City celebrates completion of Gugulethu Infill housing project The City of Cape Town has officially handed over newly completed Breaking New Ground...
City unveils first solar-fitted homes for Vlakkeland housing project The Western Cape Premier Alan Winde, Provincial Minister for Infrastructure Tertuis Simmers, and Drakenstein...
Students sleep on the floor at CPUT amid housing funding blunder Picture and words: Ella Morrison / GroundUp About 100 students have been forced to start their...
Scam alert: City cautions residents against fake housing opportunities Following the discovery of an apparent scam involving one of its housing projects, the...