Housing

City asks court to order national government to compensate land owners

Human Settlements lawyer says that granting the court application by Marikana residents would have “dire and far reaching consequences”

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News | 14 February 2017

Marikana lawyer calls for state to expropriate land

SAPS lawyer says it isn’t possible to arrest the informal settlement’s 60,000 residents

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News | 12 February 2017

Soweto man in court for trespassing in his own home

Solomon Nhlapo’s house was auctioned for R100 by Nedbank in 2014

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News | 10 February 2017

Landmark Marikana case begins: 60,000 people’s homes at stake

City asked to buy or expropriate land occupied in Philippi East

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News | 8 February 2017

Families living next to “toxic” mine dump relocated

Residents moved to new RDP homes

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News | 6 February 2017

Move to make way for mine turns sour for Northern Cape residents

Dozens of families that relocated from Dingleton to Siyathemba thought they would be better off

Text by Ashleigh Furlong. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

News | 3 February 2017

Judge urged to visit Wolwerivier

Court hearing on Bromwell Street residents ends

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News | 1 February 2017

Building rules and regulations work against Cape Town’s poor

We must challenge planning and land use management if we want a more equal city

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Opinion | 1 February 2017

Bromwell Street tenants ask court to suspend eviction

Judge says argument based on distance to Wolwerivier is inadequate

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News | 31 January 2017