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informal settlements

Joshlin Smiths are everywhere, needing urgent intervention as adults fall apart

Maverick News

Joshlin Smiths are everywhere, needing urgent intervention as adults fall apart

By Marianne Thamm

Ekurhuleni’s unemptied toilets — a health and human rights crisis

Maverick Citizen

Ekurhuleni’s unemptied toilets — a health and human rights crisis

By Michelle Banda

Food poisoning incidents — unpacking food safety and pesticide use

South Africa

Food poisoning incidents — unpacking food safety and pesticide use

By Lillian Roberts

Push for change to eviction laws as SA informal settlements soar to 4,075

South Africa

Push for change to eviction laws as SA informal settlements soar to 4,075

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

Pikitup hasn't cleared dumping sites the size of three soccer pitches in a decade, Thembelihle residents say

Our Burning Planet

Pikitup hasn't cleared dumping sites the size of three soccer pitches in a decade, Thembelihle residents say

By Bheki C. Simelane

Life still a struggle for residents of Cape Town’s hidden informal settlement with a difference

South Africa

Life still a struggle for residents of Cape Town’s hidden informal settlement with a difference

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

We had no water to put out the flames, say victims of Durban shack fire

South Africa

We had no water to put out the flames, say victims of Durban shack fire

By Tsoanelo Sefoloko

Tireless battle day 8 — firefighters stretched to limit in fierce winds, scramble to help hundreds displaced across Cape Peninsula

South Africa

Tireless battle day 8 — firefighters stretched to limit in fierce winds, scramble to help hundreds displaced across Cape Peninsula

By Daily Maverick Reporters

Abahlali baseMjondolo top leadership in hiding after repeated death threats — general secretary

South Africa

Abahlali baseMjondolo top leadership in hiding after repeated death threats — general secretary

By Zukiswa Pikoli

Informal settlements could drive South Africa’s rooftop solar revolution

South Africa

Informal settlements could drive South Africa’s rooftop solar revolution

By David Everatt and Imraan Valodia

Is an access road through a township more important than the western leopard toad?

South Africa

Is an access road through a township more important than the western leopard toad?

By Kristin Engel

90 years — that’s how long it will take eThekwini to fix informal settlements, says metro

South Africa

90 years — that’s how long it will take eThekwini to fix informal settlements, says metro

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp