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shack dwellers

Promised land is a battleground — inside a Cato Manor informal settlement

South Africa

Promised land is a battleground — inside a Cato Manor informal settlement

By Greg Ardé

First a devastating fire, now eviction looms for 3,000 shack dwellers in Pretoria

South Africa

First a devastating fire, now eviction looms for 3,000 shack dwellers in Pretoria

By Silver Sibiya

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

'We don’t have a single tap here,' says community leader of 280 families living in Cape Town informal settlement

Maverick News

'We don’t have a single tap here,' says community leader of 280 families living in Cape Town informal settlement

By Vincent Lali

‘Fire them’ – Khayelitsha shack dwellers fume over company hired to clean their areas

Maverick Citizen

‘Fire them’ – Khayelitsha shack dwellers fume over company hired to clean their areas

By Vincent Lali

Khayelitsha train services to remain suspended as Prasa misses court deadline to relocate Central Line shack dwellers

Maverick Citizen

Khayelitsha train services to remain suspended as Prasa misses court deadline to relocate Central Line shack dwellers

By Tariro Washinyira

‘South Africa is not falling apart’ — Gift of the Givers' Imtiaz Sooliman tells The Gathering 2022

Maverick News

‘South Africa is not falling apart’ — Gift of the Givers' Imtiaz Sooliman tells The Gathering 2022

By Victoria O’Regan

Innovative double-storey housing project in Khayelitsha providing new homes for former shack dwellers

Maverick Citizen

Innovative double-storey housing project in Khayelitsha providing new homes for former shack dwellers

By Marecia Damons

Gqeberha shack dwellers complain of faulty electricity meters only a month after installation

Maverick Citizen

Gqeberha shack dwellers complain of faulty electricity meters only a month after installation

By Mkhuseli Sizani for GroundUp

‘We must mobilise and organise because, if we don’t, they will defeat us,’ say social activists

South Africa

‘We must mobilise and organise because, if we don’t, they will defeat us,’ say social activists

By Zukiswa Pikoli

The Abahlali baseMjondolo experience exposes South Africa’s shrinking democratic space

South Africa

The Abahlali baseMjondolo experience exposes South Africa’s shrinking democratic space

By Thato Masiangoako

Cloud hangs over private solar power initiative as shack dwellers unable to afford monthly fees

South Africa

Cloud hangs over private solar power initiative as shack dwellers unable to afford monthly fees

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp