“Despite the fact that the proportion of households living in formal dwellings has gone up by 12,5% since 1996, 8,8% of households still do not have access to piped water, 31 % of households still do not have acceptable sanitation facilities. While...
Of the more than 14.5 million dwellings in South Africa, by far the majority are brick houses or concrete structures, according to the 2011 Census According to the document — a snapshot of the situation in the country on October 9 last year — there...
Last week, Marlboro residents barricaded roads and burnt tyres in protest against illegal evictions in the area. In the last two months, the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) has cracked down on a community of shack dwellers in...
