Housing

Concourt closes loophole used in municipal evictions

"Meaningful engagement" is required, not optional

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Law | 27 October 2016

City drops graffiti charges against activist

Ndifuna Ukwazi claims victory for freedom of expression

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News | 26 October 2016

Mfuleni backyarders vow to stay where they are

Residents claim that land was promised in election campaign

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News | 25 October 2016

Concourt judgment: a victory for spouses of farm workers

Klaase case means women's interests must be taken into account before evictions can be carried out

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Law | 24 October 2016

State unresponsive to Imbali residents lack of water

Councillor “has water in her house but we have no water for months now” says resident

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Brief | 20 October 2016

Mfuleni land occupied following dispute

Backyarders frustrated at delays

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News | 19 October 2016

Soweto man’s house sold behind his back for R100

Solomon Nhlapo has to squat in his own house

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News | 18 October 2016

“Give me a home or leave me where I am”, pleads homeless man

World Homeless Day is just another day for Wynberg’s street people

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News | 12 October 2016

Fort Hare students evicted from residence

SRC and management trade accusations

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Brief | 7 October 2016

Wildebeestkuil residents have been waiting 15 years for their land

A stone's throw away but no land in sight

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Opinion | 6 October 2016

GroundUp goes shelter-hopping in Durban

Some charge R20 for a night in a filthy building

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Feature | 4 October 2016

Khayelitsha residents accuse City officials of corruption

In a complaint lodged with the City, the residents allege they have to pay bribes to prevent their shacks being demolished

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News | 28 September 2016

Xolobeni goes to court over community rights versus mining

Case will shed light on land ownership and customary law

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Law | 28 September 2016

Bromwell residents will not be evicted on Monday

Parties to argue in court on 4 November

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Brief | 23 September 2016

Women in Ruyterwacht help evicted and vulnerable

“This is a new South Africa, a South Africa for everybody, a South Africa of change, a South Africa to uplift our people. So what is happening here?”

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News | 23 September 2016

District Six: 3,000 ex-residents on land claims waiting list

Five decades after it was declared whites only, Shariefa Davids misses her old neighbourhood

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Feature | 23 September 2016