Imizamo yethu informal settlement
Imizamo Yethu residents call for better infrastructure after fire destroys homes
The fire broke out on Sunday and affected more than 800 residents and over 200 dwellings were completely destroyed.
UCT introduced innovations that improve daily life for the residents in the area.
The residents held a peaceful demonstration in Hout Bay on Monday before handing over a memorandum of grievances.
Nearly one year following one of the biggest shack fires in Cape Town, Imizamo Yethu residents are still in limbo.
Mayor Patricia de Lille on Friday switched on the electricity in Disa in Imizamo Yethu.
Hundreds of people left homeless by a massive fire in March are still living in temporary homes provided by the City of Cape Town.
More than 300 residents chanted outside the Cape Town Civic Centre in protest against super-blocking and demanded basic services.
The super-blocking project includes widening roads between rows of shacks to allow emergency vehicles to pass through.
A convoy of taxis has been making its way from Hout Bay to the city centre, ferrying protesters.
The body of a 19-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to his chest on Saturday morning.
Protests erupted when law enforcement officials demolished 52 structures standing in the way of the City’s super-blocking efforts.
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille says despite challenges with the re-blocking process, residents' housing needs will be attended to as soon as possible.
Many displaced fire victims have complained about the city’s slow approach to restore homes gutted by a devastating fire in March.
A man died during violent protests in Imizamo Yethu.
Angry residents went on the rampage for several days demanding redevelopment of the community be speeded up.
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille on Monday met with residents who say that they're frustrated by the slow pace of rebuilding the area, following a deadly fire in March.
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille says plans are in place to start moving some people left destitute by a shack fire back into Imizamo Yethu.
Demonstrations have entered a third day, causing disarray in Hout Bay.
Angry Imizamo Yethu residents embarked on violent protest action to vent their frustration over abysmal living conditions in the temporary relocation area.