Land
Fires strike railway line settlement as relocation talks drag on for 13 years
Resettlement of Cape Town’s Siyahlala families unresolved
News | 20 October 2026
Families to return to Bishopscourt, 60 years after forced removals
Cross-subsidised development set to be completed in 2028
News | 20 October 2026
Farm workers march in Cape Town for public land to be released for housing
The march followed the three-day National Farm Worker Platform, hosted by the Women on Farms Project
By Liezl Human
Brief | 8 October 2026
Woodstock land occupiers lose bid to appeal eviction
Insufficient evidence that occupiers will be left homeless, judge finds
Brief | 30 September 2026
State land must be used for housing, activists say
Applications were submitted three years ago, but vast areas of government-owned land remain unused
Brief | 23 September 2026
Three years of silence on state land. Communities pay the cost
Government asked communities applying for land to follow the rules. Then it went silent.
By Luyanda Mtamzeli and Nonceba Ndlebe
Opinion | 18 September 2026
28 years later, thousands of land claims are still outstanding
It could take another 15 years to settle outstanding claims lodged by 1998
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 21 August 2026
We’re not criminals, say Transnet land occupiers
Housing activists Ndifuna Ukwazi head to court try to stay the eviction of more than 160 people by 30 September
News | 20 August 2026
Farmworkers fear eviction from Paarl wine estate
Fourteen families are at risk of losing the homes they have lived in for decades
News | 15 July 2026