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CT rental tariff poses a dilemma

Increasing fees alone does not automatically fix affordability

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
Unregulated housing embodies the worst intersections of poverty, inequality and environmental degradation. Johannesburg’s future demands sustainable urban planning and community participation. Photo: File

Shattered dreams, poisoned streets: The hidden human cost of Joburg’s housing crisis

A shift to sustainable, fossil-free solutions is necessary to tackle poverty, inequality and environmental degradation in the city

6 min read
Kosta and Sharyn Kassimatis said they used to visit family at Paradise Park from 1987, until they bought a home there six years ago. “We can’t expect anyone from the camp to help us move because they’re in the same predicament,” said Kassimatis. Photo: Marecia Damons

Last 100 Paradise Park residents in Hermanus evicted

A decade-long battle to stave off eviction has come to an end

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read
File photo of a homeless man sleeping on a Cape Town road.

Court ruling ordering alternative housing for homeless in Cape Town is welcomed

The city agreed to amend shelter rules to make them more humane and compliant with the Constitution

  • Umamah Bakharia
3 min read
Mzikazi Tyakume, who lives in KwaKlifu village in Qonce, part of Buffalo City, in the Eastern Cape, says that she is boycotting the elections later this month. Photos: Delwyn Verasamy

Buffalo City residents turn their backs on ANC over municipal failings

Irate community members say they will boycott the May 29 elections because of housing and infrastructure failures

  • Khaya Koko
8 min read