Land
Families forcibly removed from Maitland 80 years ago still can’t use their land
Ndabeni Communal Property Trust concluded a settlement agreement for the 54.8-hectares
News | 18 August 2022
We’ll fight eviction, say families living on Joburg railway land
Some people have been living on the Braamfontein site for over two decades
News | 2 August 2022
River Club contempt of court hearing pushed back another week
And a move to depose Tauriq Jenkins as supreme high commissioner of the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council is struck from the urgent roll by High Court
News | 28 July 2022
Relocation is “on track”, Mbalula tells families living along railway line
Metrorail line in Langa to be vacated in November
Brief | 27 July 2022
Families to be kicked off state farm to make way for private farmer
The fate of about 20 households hangs in the air as the Agricultural Research Council moves ahead with plans to lease the farm
By Liezl Human
News | 22 July 2022
High Court rebukes City of Cape Town for Covid evictions
City wrongly applied the remedy of “counter spoliation” to demolish shacks, judges rule
Law | 19 July 2022
Developer strikes landmark deal with families occupying Kommetjie land
Eviction case withdrawn from High Court
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 7 July 2022
Diep River floodplain families will fight eviction
The City of Cape Town has started an eviction process now that the moratorium has lifted with the end of the State of Disaster
News | 12 April 2022
Protesters say poor people excluded from housing indaba
Demonstrations outside and inside convention centre at Cape Town launch of land release programme
By Vincent Lali, Ashraf Hendricks and Marecia Damons
News | 8 April 2022