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The immediate danger of becoming homeless is more urgent than worrying about contracting the coronavirus.

Dispute over the occupation of RDP houses

Those involved in the distribution of government houses in Gauteng fear for their lives

Ben Motloutsi has lived in Alex for the past 25 years. He says: “Our people that we loved in the ANC are corrupt.” (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Alex citizens just want it ‘to be nice’

Alexandra citizens are struggling, with housing woes and unkept promises making life difficult for them

The courts have continued to order, legally, mass evictions, in effect undermining the validity of ‘land expropriation without compensation’ and ultimately disconnecting the land reform programme from the housing crisis. (David Harrison/M&G)

Housing crisis inextricably entwined with land occupations

Land expropriation can only take place politically and unrestrained by the law

A beneficiary may not sell an RDP house within the first eight years of having taken occupation. Even so, premature selling of these houses is widespread. (David Harrison/M&G)

RDP house buyers beware

Strict conditions govern the sale of a property and one example shows how a purchase can go bad

Ace Magashule’s daughter

Public Protector asked to probe Magashule-linked RDP projects

​The DA has asked the Public Protector to investigate RDP contracts in the Free State awarded to a company linked to the outgoing premier

Lufhereng Secondary School has no proper toilets and parents have had to illegally connect the school to water.

‘We won’t let our children suffer’

Angry parents take matters into their own hands to get water and electricity working at schools

Sweet

Not all rejoice over Zuma’s departure

To the people of Kanana Park, he is a father who liberated them from a miserable shack existence

Foreign spaza shop owners told the press last week they blamed recent violent looting in Soweto on allegations of fake food in the township. (David Harrison).

Townships are still a world apart

Bids to unleash their economic potential have failed largely because the motives, networks and practices of the informal economy are ignored.

Madiba’s life and words show us that humaneness is the balm our country needs to heal (Trevor Samson/AFP)

Letters to the editor: January 27 to February 2 2017

"We should celebrate Sobukwe for being an uncompromising anti-apartheid hero, but we need not distort history to do so"

The long wait for service delivery in Mabopane

Gauteng Premier David Makhura has visited Tshwane’s townships to check on service delivery, in places where the acronym RDP means “we have to fix it”.

Equal distribution of resources will not close the access gap. Instead, resources must be deployed where they are needed most – and low-cost housing must move from the urban periphery too

State to tackle housing title deed mess

On the cards is the building of 1.5-million homes for the elderly, poor and child-headed households.

Moving from slum survivor to urban planner

There was a time when <i>uskoteni</i> (hobo) was a word that police and government officials used to demean slum-dwellers like me.

Sexwale calls on business to help with housing

Tokyo Sexwale on Monday called on businesses to become involved in the government’s efforts to address the backlog of 2,1-million houses.

A roof of one’s own

Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu speaks about her ‘bruising’ challenges.

Sisulu balks at Cabinet homes plan

Plans by Cabinet to reassign responsibility for the construction of public housing to municipalities could be heading for heavy waters.