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Worcester residents have call for better protection for backyard dwellers

LOCAL Worcester residents have called on government to grant better protection to backyard dwellers.  This was among the calls raised during public engagement around the Housing Consumer Protection Bill in the Cape Winelands recently. Some of the challenges that the Bill seeks to address include inadequate inspection, poorly built houses which put home owners under risk of structural defects and builders who are not registered with the National Home Builders […]

today7 November 2022

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The Chronicles of Cathkin Village

It’s been just under two years since the informal settlement known as Cathkin Village was erected. The village sits adjacent to Cathkin High School. The land was a vacant plot off of Fifth Street in Heideveld. The people occupying the land are mostly elderly. Some pensioners have been on the City of Cape Town’s housing data base for over thirty years. There is no running water. There is no electricity. […]

today23 January 2020

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Parkwood residents protest to keep momentum of housing demands alive

While Parkwood residents await the City of Cape Town’s official response to their housing demands, community organisations have planned protest action in a bid to keep the momentum around their concerns alive.  Residents of Parkwood held a symbolic protest on May 19, 2018, in which they erected temporary structures on vacant land that is situated on Prince George Drive in Cape Town. Residents have been calling attention to the living […]

today7 July 2018

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