What steps should I take when… | GroundUp
Feb 16, 2022 · Take your copy of your C Form so they can check where you are on the waiting list. 3. You can SMS 44108 and type in your ID number. 4. You can phone the toll-free housing number at 0800 146 873. 5. You can email [email protected] and give them your ID number. Any one of these should tell you what the situation is with your house. But it can take ...
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1 day ago · By Kimberly Mutandiro. Brief | 13 November 2024. John Hlophe’s meddling in eviction matter slammed by appeal court. The Supreme Court of Appeal has found that the former judge’s inappropriate interventions resulted in a flawed judgment. By Tania Broughton.
How do I know where I am on t… | GroundUp
May 15, 2019 · If you are not on the Cape Town list, you can contact the Department of Human Settlements at this toll free number: 0800 146 873. I have pasted Groundup’s list of Government housing assistance contact details below: Housing Enquiries Hotline: 0800 146 …
What does my housing applicat… | GroundUp
Jul 9, 2023 · The short answer. You can check the meaning of your housing allocation status code in the table below. The long answer. If you have checked your government housing application status on Housing Subsidy Portal but do not know what the status code means, you can use the table below: Status Code. Status Description.
Know your rights: when can you be evicted and how? | GroundUp
Apr 26, 2018 · This is a written notice of the eviction over and above the initial court papers which were given to the occupiers. This notice must contain the place, date and time of the court hearing, and the reasons for the eviction, and must inform the occupiers that they have a right to appear in court to oppose the eviction.
Parks for the people: everyone needs green spaces | GroundUp
Jul 25, 2022 · The researchers used the Open Street Maps platform to analyse available park areas in all cities across the country. The results led them to coin the phrase “green apartheid”. The World Health Organisation recommends that a minimum of 9m 2 of green space be available per person. For many people, especially the urban poor, this standard is ...
“We’re losing big time”- businesses crippled by Eskom blackouts
Jan 30, 2023 · “We’re losing big time,” says Nazeema Bieding, a small business owner in Observatory. Scheduled blackouts by Eskom started back in 2007. Yet 16 years later, the situation has grown worse and loadshedding is expected to continue until 2027.With no end in sight, many businesses and residents have been turning to battery-powered lamps, gas stoves, inverters and domestic solar power.
I was sitting in the back of … | GroundUp
Oct 9, 2024 · The whole question. Dear Athalie. Thank you for your email asking if you can apply for third party insurance for an accident a year ago in which the taxi in which you were traveling was hit from behind, you were sitting in the last row and were thrown from your seat by the impact, and only after a year afterwards did the doctor discover that the back pain you have been suffering was caused by ...
Analysis: The troubled history of Mangaung prison | GroundUp
Aug 24, 2023 · The suicide of an inmate at Mangaung Correctional Centre has again put the spotlight on the high-security prison from which Thabo Bester escaped in 2022. News24 reported that an inmate who was serving a life sentence for murder and robbery threw himself from a building on Monday morning. He had served ten years of his sentence.
Are there any free rehabilita… | GroundUp
Apr 1, 2021 · Unfortunately, there seem to be only two free government in-patient rehab centres in Cape Town. These free centres are: De Novo Centre in Kraaifontein. Contact person: Ms C. Fledermaus. Tel: 021 9881138/9. Email: [email protected]. Kensington Treatment Centre (for women only) in Maitland. Tel: 021 5119169 / 021 5101735.