As part of our commitment to redress, the City of Cape Town is constantly looking at ways to improve the quality of life in informal settlements through the provision of quality services. To this end, ...

“Recent site visits to Cape Town Libraries highlight the blatant disparity of resources between the southern suburbs and the city’s informal settlements. While my fellow councillor, Roscoe ...

Since 2006, the City of Cape Town, through its prioritisation of sanitation delivery ... The provision of sanitation, a commonly-used indicator of how well the City is performing, especially in ...

However, the city’s inability to keep pace with this rapid urbanisation has resulted in a proliferation of informal settlements, also known as Kachi Abadis. These areas are characterised by ...

Government has built about 200 corrugated iron houses near the Baghdad informal settlement, however, the residents are refusing to move, calling the houses 'tin fish shacks'. Some of the newly ...

An informal settlement earmarked for development is in its third decade of a fight to be formalised. Residents of Slovo Park informal settlement have been promised dignified housing since the mid ...

decision to cut R200 million from the Western Cape’s Human Settlements Development Grant (HSDG) and R100 million from its Informal Settlements Upgrading Partnership Grant (ISUPG). This reckless move ...

It's designed to manage the mushrooming of informal settlements around the metro. The document aims to provide a framework for the management, long-term development, and upgrading of informal ...

The Baghdad Informal Settlement in Salvokop stands in the way of a proposed road that will connect the area to the Kgosi Mampuru Prison. Salvokop residents gathered to discuss the forced move from ...

The informal settlement adjacent to the Midrand Industrial Park. Photo: Sphiwe Masilela An informal settlement adjacent to Midrand Industrial Park has sparked concerns from the manager of the park ...

JOHANNESBURG - Does a draft informal settlements policy suggest government is losing the battle to provide formal housing to residents? That’s the burning question as the City of Johannesburg ...