HOUSING
Angola Informal Settlement Residents in Kliptown Demand Housing
Residents from an informal settlement named Angola in Kliptown (south of Johannesburg) continue to demand proper…
The Robertsham Tenants’ Struggles Against Illegal Evictions
The Tenants Association of Robertsham (TAR) was formed during the coronavirus pandemic in June 2020 in…
Life as a Homeless Person in Johannesburg
Johannesburg CBD is generally a place associated with a fast paced life and making money. Yet…
Intlungu yaseMatyotyombeni Movement Condemns State Brutality used by City of Cape Town
The movement in the early hours of Thursday, 19 November, demanded to meet with the…
Intlungu yaseMatyotyombeni Movement Press Statement
Intlungu yaseMatyotyombeni Movement, is based on land occupation areas, and all these areas have taken land during the period…
Hillbrow renters living in “curtain rooms”
There are cases where a single flat apartment in Hillbrow (Johannesburg) houses more tenants than…
Daveyton Community in Solidarity Against RDP Housing Corruption
The community of Daveyton (on the eastrand of Johannesburg) stood together on Monday morning…
Shutdown by informal dwellers in South of Johannesburg
In the early morning of Monday, 28 September, lots of people from the informal settlements Kokotela in Lawley 2, Lakeview, Kuvukiland and Phumulamqashi (south of Johannesburg), were woken up by their leaders with the message that they should get ready for a total shutdown…
Residents Fighting for Stands
Residents in Orange Farm squatter camp (south of Johannesburg), have decided that enough is enough following a new rule that says “if you don’t live on your stand, it will be sold”…
People’s Power, Land And Communities
The people who are occupying the land have seen these open spaces vacant for more than 20 years. When people asked the City of Cape Town about plans for this land, they never got a clear answer…
Slumlords, highjackers or gentrification?
Over the last few years there has been a growing problem of “highjacked” buildings in the inner-city of Johannesburg. Owners of building are prevented from collecting rent or even running their buildings by…
Demonstrators call for an end to the slave trade
On 12 December 2017 more than 300 people marched with African Diaspora Forum (ADF) against slave trades and human trafficking in Libya. The mood of the marchers was emotional as others roped themselves with chains to express their feelings…
