Corruption Watch report stated that the houses "were invaded because they were left empty for a long time". A woman from Sol Plaatjie informal settlement in Roodepoort says she's been forced to live ...

Seven people died in flooding caused by severe winter weather lashing eastern areas of South Africa and school children are missing.

Lawley Station, 40 kilometers south of Johannesburg ... organization launched a digital address program to map homes in informal settlements, giving each one a unique “Plus Code”—a ...

Across Northern Nigeria, epidemiologists at Afenet and geographers from WorldPop uncovered 10,250 buildings, guiding ...

Residents of the Zamimpilo settlement are calling for immediate action as violence linked to illegal mining escalates, ...

A resident at the Homestead Park informal settlement resident, Simphiwe Mdukwana. Picture: Sphamandla Dlamini/Eyewitness News JOHANNESBURG - A resident at the Homestead Park informal settlement in ...

Photo: Lucky Thusi The City of Johannesburg’s Human Settlements Department held a public participation process on the Draft Informal Settlements Policy at the South Rand Recreation Centre ...

Firefighters responded to a blaze that engulfed homes on the corner of Peter Place and Winnie Mandela Drive at the Jaguar informal settlement near Bryanston, Johannesburg, on 2 December 2024.

LENASIA - Illegal water connections in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, have brought the area to its knees. Six informal settlements have been flagged for their illegal connections to the Lenasia ...