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Devastating Langa fire destroys 70 homes
News
19 November 2020

Devastating Langa fire destroys 70 informal sector homes

Seventy shacks were destroyed and 197 people left without homes when a fire ripped through an informal settlement in Langa on Thursday morning.

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Neighbours in standoff over illegal electrical connections
Housing
13 November 2020

Neighbours in standoff over illegal electrical connections

Missionvale township in Port Elizabeth remained tense on Friday afternoon after about 80 Waterville informal settlement residents blocked Old Uitenhage Road ...

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Cape Town's major roads & freeways shut down by protests
News
12 November 2020

Cape Town's major roads & freeways shut down by protests

Protesting land occupiers barricaded Cape Town roads with burning tyres on Thursday, leaving hundreds of learners and workers with no transport.

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Franschhoek residents face off backyarders & land invaders
Housing
06 November 2020

Franschhoek residents face off backyarders & land invasions

Tensions are high between backyarders and homeowners in Languedoc in the Franschhoek valley after a resident died. Homeowners, many of whom are former farm ...

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Sanitation : when temporary solutions become permanent
News
06 November 2020

Sanitation : when temporary solutions become permanent

People living in Langaville informal settlement say they are still using “inhumane” chemical toilets, almost ten years after a court directed the local municipality to ...

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Homes waterlogged with “liquid shit” for three months
News
29 October 2020

Homes waterlogged with “liquid shit” for three months

Shack dwellers in Vosho informal settlement in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, say their homes have been waterlogged with “liquid shit” for nearly three months.

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