The second edition of IIED’s Better Cities series explores the critical shifts in governance, policy and action needed to ...

Violent protests erupted at the informal settlement in the south of Johannesburg with residents of the informal settlement ...

Millions of South Africans live in so-called “informal” housing, often built illegally and with minimal infrastructure. The absence of official addresses is a constant obstacle among the many daily ...

"We have rats that are as big as cats here" On Tuesday, residents of Good Hope informal settlement marched to ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and ...

When the ANC came to power in South Africa, in 1994, the country faced a stark housing crisis. Large parts of the black population lived in inadequate, overcrowded and informal settlements.

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba says entrepreneurship in South African townships, informal settlements and villages is under ...

The City of Johannesburg is set to implement the throttling of water supply between 9pm and 4 am. Set to come into effect on ...

Platforms must offer a wider variety of products, mobile-friendly interfaces and affordable delivery solutions such as pickup ...

Police in KwaZulu-Natal have arrested a suspect for the murder of traffic officer, Superintendent Desmond Arumugam Pillay.

Seven informal settlements in the Cato Crest area ... Independent Online, popularly known as IOL, is one of South Africa’s leading news and information websites bringing millions of readers ...

Families in Endlovini informal settlement in Khayelitsha ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information items daily from ...

An example that best illustrates this comes from a subsequent workshop on upgrading held in East London, South Africa where various built environment professionals sat around a table together with the ...