EXTREME WEATHER Gauteng hit by Level 9 storm as Amnesty report highlights increasing flood risks in SA 7 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila and Vincent Cruywagen
‘SYSTEMIC DYSFUNCTION’ City of Joburg is paying five times more than standard to electrify informal settlements 7 min 5 By Anna Cox
DRENCHED AND DISPLACED Heavy rainfall and flooding bring misery to Cape Town's informal settlements 4 min 0 By Kara Le Roux
LAND REFORM Balancing justice and ownership: The Precast Community's fight for housing rights in Johannesburg 4 min 1 By Ektaa Deochand
ANALYSIS Joshlin Smiths are everywhere, needing urgent intervention as adults fall apart 4 min 4 By Marianne Thamm
SANITATION SCANDAL Ekurhuleni’s unemptied toilets — a health and human rights crisis 8 min 0 By Michelle Banda
DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR Food poisoning incidents — unpacking food safety and pesticide use 9 min 4 By Lillian Roberts
ILLEGAL OCCUPATIONS Push for change to eviction laws as SA informal settlements soar to 4,075 2 min 56 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
LIVING IN ROT Pikitup hasn't cleared dumping sites the size of three soccer pitches in a decade, Thembelihle residents say 5 min 4 By Bheki C. Simelane
GROUNDUP Life still a struggle for residents of Cape Town’s hidden informal settlement with a difference 4 min 2 By Mary-Anne Gontsana
GROUNDUP We had no water to put out the flames, say victims of Durban shack fire 3 min 0 By Tsoanelo Sefoloko
FIRE SEASON Tireless battle day 8 — firefighters stretched to limit in fierce winds, scramble to help hundreds displaced across Cape Peninsula 4 min 0 By Daily Maverick Reporters
THE INTERVIEW Abahlali baseMjondolo top leadership in hiding after repeated death threats — general secretary 6 min 4 By Zukiswa Pikoli
RAY OF LIGHT OP-ED Informal settlements could drive South Africa’s rooftop solar revolution 6 min 13 By David Everatt and Imraan Valodia
DEEP SOUTH TOAD TURMOIL Is an access road through a township more important than the western leopard toad? 8 min 11 By Kristin Engel
GROUNDUP 90 years — that’s how long it will take eThekwini to fix informal settlements, says metro 3 min 0 By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp
BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE Streets with no names, houses with no numbers – just another hazard for those on the fringes 5 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
SMART SOLUTIONS Taste of the future — pilot project powers informal settlement with solar energy 5 min 1 By Onke Ngcuka
GROUNDUP ‘Fire them’ – Khayelitsha shack dwellers fume over company hired to clean their areas 2 min 1 By Vincent Lali
EXTREME WEATHER Floods displace more than 1,000 informal settlement residents in Komani 5 min 0 By Tembile Sgqolana
GROUNDUP Residents of Waterworks beg for water amid contracting delays in southern Joburg 4 min 0 By Masego Mafata
