Land

Mfuleni land occupiers won’t give up

“Setting up again is a form of resistance” says woman whose shack has been demolished

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Photo Essay | 3 April 2018

Hundreds of immigrants displaced in Hermanus

Unrest follows attempted land occupation

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News | 28 March 2018

Shack dwellers rebuild a third time after demolitions in Mfuleni

Residents are not building to cause trouble, but because they have no place to stay, says community leader

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Brief | 26 March 2018

Increase in backyard rentals drives Dunoon land occupations

City of Cape Town says it will continue to enforce the law

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News | 26 March 2018

Scores left homeless after demolitions in Makhaza

Spate of land occupations in Cape Town continues

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Brief | 14 March 2018

New land occupation in Kraaifontein

93 families say they wish to establish a crime free informal settlement for themselves

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Brief | 13 March 2018

Expropriation: what does the Constitution say?

Four requirements, seven principles and four questions to consider

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Law | 5 March 2018

Waste pickers snubbed by City and Province

“Absence of land is blocking our dream”

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News | 2 March 2018

Historical land battle decided in Constitutional Court

Xhosa community wins right to land, but settler descendants will not lose everything

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Law | 14 December 2017

Activist groups unite to fight evictions

Scathing criticism of Durban Municipality for not responding adequately to Foreman Road fire

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News | 24 November 2017

Farm workers accuse police and farmers of working “hand in glove”

Dispute on Eastern Cape farm after video shows farmer pulling down family’s home extension.

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News | 21 November 2017

Attempted land occupation in Kraaifontein

Occupiers say they want the City to help them acquire land peacefully

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News | 6 November 2017

Philippi residents evict community leader for corruption

Two arrests made after demolition of committee member’s shack

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News | 1 November 2017

City’s food basket faces uncertain future

The Philippi Horticultural Area Food and Farming Campaign have taken the City’s rezoning decision for judicial review

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News | 27 October 2017

Western Cape education MEC reprimanded by judge

Court wants to know why no plan has been made for school facing eviction

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Law | 19 October 2017

Durban land invasion unit accused of trampling homes and human rights

Cato Manor residents say eThekwini Municipality carried out brutal and illegal evictions

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News | 4 October 2017