The Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Human Settlements in the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Mlungisi Mabaso, says the adoption of the Informal Settlement Policy will go a long way towards coordinating development and transforming service...
In a waterfront settlement in Lagos, Nigeria, I watched from the shoreline as two men worked a stretch of lagoon from their canoe. One held the boat steady. The other dived underwater a few metres, then surfaced with a bucket full of sand, emptied...
A growing number of shacks are being erected in unserviced informal settlements in Clanwilliam and Citrusdal as families with few alternatives settle on the outskirts of towns in the Cederberg Local Municipality. A Western Cape socio-economic...
Bulldozers and construction crews are reshaping parts of Nairobi’s best-known informal settlement, Kibera. In a video shared by President William Ruto, new apartment blocks rise alongside existing corrugated-iron structures, while new roads cut...
