Land

Lesotho dams authority fights back in “legally baseless” court case

Court applicants say the LHDA has failed to compensate them adequately after they were displaced

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Law | 14 July 2025

The human cost of SA’s water lifeline: Lesotho communities go to court

Thousands of people and hundreds of businesses are taking the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority to court over the Katse and other dam projects

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Law | 11 July 2025

Court delays leave pensioner locked out of her own home

Four years later, the unlawful occupants have still not been evicted

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News | 4 July 2025

Court rules on farm worker land rights

Supreme Court of Appeal rules against eviction of people living on rural land in Stellenbosch

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Law | 20 May 2025

Flower farm keeps Constantia’s coloured heritage alive

Jaftha brothers help heal a history of land dispossession

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News | 30 April 2025

Construction of homes for Bishopscourt land claimants set to begin

Displaced community received 12-hectares of prime property in affluent Cape Town suburb

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News | 12 March 2025

The Expropriation Act: We are focusing on the wrong questions

The shrill debate is a distraction from the real issue

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Opinion | 28 February 2025

Bishopscourt land claimants to finally break ground on housing development

This comes 20 years after their claim was officially granted

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News | 12 February 2025

300 families from Rabie Ridge go to court to fight eviction

The City of Johannesburg says the land occupation is stopping a housing development

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Brief | 13 November 2024

Cape Town City Council votes to release land for affordable housing

On Wednesday the City gave the green light for the release of land in Brackenfell, Wesfleur and Belhar

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Brief | 30 October 2024

Durban land occupiers take municipality to court

Shacks in KwaDabeka have been continuously demolished, allegedly without an eviction order

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Brief | 22 August 2024

Farmers need support after devastating Riverlands flood

A lack of security of tenure and of agricultural support from government has compounded the disaster

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Opinion | 20 August 2024

Outcry over loss of sports field to make way for a hospital in Gugulethu

The site is a poor choice and the impact on the community was not considered, say residents

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Brief | 2 July 2024

Cape Town’s relocated railway occupiers protest over water

The R300 was blocked for several hours in what the community say was a “last resort” to be heard

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Brief | 25 June 2024

PRASA fined R25,000 by City of Cape Town for contravening zoning laws

Temporary relocation of families occupying central line contravened municipal by-laws

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Brief | 22 June 2024

Huge housing project stopped by “masked thugs”

Beneficiaries of Covid Village relocation project in Cape Town marched to Mfuleni police station to demand SAPS take action

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News | 19 June 2024