Evicted informal dwellers have threatened to take their frustrations onto the streets after an unpleasant eviction.
Just two weeks shy of the deadly fire, four more shacks caught alight bringing the total number of burnt camps to 41.
Residents of Mountain View informal settlement in Tshwane are living in dire conditions, with no access to basic services.
The City started demolishing shacks in Newlands and Ezihagwini on 18 March and continued operations this week.
Over 40 informal settlements south of Joburg struggle with water supply. Residents wait at least a week to get water.
eThekwini Municipality’s Spokesperson Msawakhe Mayisela says about 300 informal dwellings were destroyed in the fire.
Two minors and their grandmother were found dead following a shack fire in Samora Machel, Cape Town, yesterday.
MMC Sibeko from the City of Ekurhuleni sensitises about the effects of illegal connections during his visit to an informal settlement
Tyres were burnt and cars were stoned as residents aired their frustration about being removed from a temporary shelter.
It is not yet clear what caused the fire which gutted approximately 400 shacks at the Cemetery View informal settlement in Pretoria East.
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Minister Lindiwe Sisulu during a departmental budget speech said the growth of informal settlements in South Africa will be reviewed.
The City of Cape Town is expecting an increase of flooding this winter, especially in newly formed informal settlements.
Images of the aftermath of the fire at the Booysens Railway Informal Settlement south of Johannesburg resembled a war zone, with one journalist saying ‘this level of destruction has not been seen in a while in a while.’
Stowaway Themba Cabeka, 30, has spoken for the first time of his terrifying 11-hour journey, and is the subject of a new Channel 4 documentary which airs 4 January.
Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu met with stakeholders in the fire-ravaged Masiphumelele informal settlement in Cape Town to discuss housing challenges in the area.
The group’s Ali Sablay said they had to respond immediately to the disaster which happened just over a week before Christmas.
The child died when about 20 shacks caught fire on 8th Avenue on Saturday.
The cold front hammering the Western Cape has led to localised flooding, leaving thousands of residents with severe damage to their homes.
Ethekwini Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal continues with its harsh evictions in the informal settlements around the city despite President Cyril Ramaphosa’s moratorium during lockdown.
Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has outlined a preliminary plan for informal settlement residents to be relocated to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu’s de-densification proposal has ruffled more than a few feathers around South Africa.
The Department of Human Settlements has confirmed that plans are underway to evacuate townships to stem the spread of coronavirus.
Water infrastructure will be handled as a matter of urgency in rural areas with water tanks and hand sanitiser also on the cards for high-density public spaces.