Construction & Engineering
Cape Town affordable housing projects inch forward
Matthew Hirsch 19 Mar 2026
News
Property Development
Government sent back to the drawing board for Tafelberg site
Matthew Hirsch 16 Mar 2026
Property Development
Cape Town city council approves plan to sell Woodstock Hospital
Matthew Hirsch 8 Dec 2025
Affordable & Social Housing
Explainer: affordable housing in Cape Town
Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch 8 Jul 2025
Land & Property Law
Concourt judgment on Tafelberg could change future of social housing
Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch 28 Feb 2025
Affordable & Social Housing
Heritage approval granted for social housing development at old Woodstock hospital
Matthew Hirsch 1 Aug 2023
Affordable & Social Housing
City of Cape Town is not tackling housing crisis with urgency, say activists
Liezl Human 26 May 2022
Affordable & Social Housing
Victory for housing activists in landmark Tafelberg case
James Stent 1 Sep 2020
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology
We mapped green spaces in South Africa and found a legacy of apartheid
Zander Venter 31 Jul 2020
Property Development
Heritage Western Cape approves Parow Station Precinct exemption proposal
Tariro Washinyira 15 May 2020
Affordable & Social Housing
Rondebosch golf club: City of Cape Town accused of subsidising the wealthy elite
Lucas Nowicki 24 Jan 2020
Affordable & Social Housing
Decision on disputed Sea Point property expected in 2020
Madison Yauger 2 Dec 2019
Affordable & Social Housing
School promises some affordable housing on Tafelberg site
Madison Yauger 29 Nov 2019
Affordable & Social Housing
Court case on future of Sea Point property begins
Madison Yauger 27 Nov 2019
Affordable & Social Housing
City of Cape Town approves R14bn Foreshore development despite objections
Aisha Abdool Karim 25 Oct 2019
Affordable & Social Housing
Occupations are the tool to hold government to account, say housing activists
Aisha Abdool Karim 22 Oct 2019
Affordable & Social Housing
Housing activists take City of Cape Town to court
Sandisiwe Shoba 16 Sep 2019
Affordable & Social Housing
Woodstock Hospital occupiers protest in Civic Centre
Tariro Washinyira 7 Aug 2019
Affordable & Social Housing
Heritage body pushes Woodstock developers back
Steve Kretzmann 19 Jun 2019
Affordable & Social Housing
Mixed reaction to City of Cape Town's Parow revamp proposals
Tariro Washinyira 10 Jun 2019
Affordable & Social Housing
Housing activists ask court to uphold right to protest
Katherine Liu 5 Jun 2019
Affordable & Social Housing
Housing activists occupy Green Point Bowling Club
Peter Luhanga 2 May 2019
Affordable & Social Housing
City counts number of occupiers in Woodstock Hospital
Aidan Jones 24 Jan 2019
Affordable & Social Housing
City gives green light to Salt River social housing project
Aidan Jones 14 Dec 2018
Affordable & Social Housing
Housing activists build shacks on prime inner-city land
Aidan Jones 6 Dec 2018
Affordable & Social Housing
Why did the City of Cape Town delay social housing in Salt River?
Kelly Vinett 8 Nov 2018
Affordable & Social Housing
Brett Herron, JP Smith in war of words over social housing
Thembela Ntongana and Kelly Vinett 2 Nov 2018
Affordable & Social Housing
City lost R140m it could have spent on poor people, say protesters
Sophia Wilhelm 5 Oct 2018
Affordable & Social Housing
Cape Town approves rezoning of prime property for social housing in inner city
Thembela Ntongana 6 Sep 2018
Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice
Occupiers of Cape Town buildings hold first congress
Phathiswa Shushwana 13 Aug 2018
Affordable & Social Housing
Can subsidised rentals help solve the housing crisis?
GroundUp editors 28 Jun 2018
Affordable & Social Housing
Cape Town councillor promises new social housing by 2019
Annie Cebulski 14 May 2018
Affordable & Social Housing
Court orders Brett Herron to explain emergency housing options
Barbara Maregele 14 Mar 2018
Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice
'We should be able to stay in cities where we work'
Thembela Ntongana 30 Aug 2017
Residential Property
Western Cape proposes affordable houses near Waterfront
Natalie Pertsovsky 27 Jul 2017
