Land

PE residents stop street works to demand jobs

Municipality condemns disruption of service

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Brief | 12 July 2019

Government’s multi-million rand filling station stands empty for years

Qamata chief vows it will not open until municipality acknowledges local land ownership

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News | 11 July 2019

Police and developers blame each other for unlawful eviction

Land occupiers in Mayfield intend to bring contempt of court action

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News | 10 July 2019

No water, no toilets, no electricity in Qandu-qandu

Thousands in Khayelitsha informal settlement hope and wait for basic services

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Photo Essay | 1 July 2019

Shack dwellers’ homes demolished and possessions burnt

Land occupiers to take eThekwini Municipality to court for “criminal” act

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Brief | 14 June 2019

Residents want City to speed up housing plans in Strand

Evicted land occupiers have been staying in community halls, which means many social grant recipients have had to spend much more money on transport to get their grants at alternative venues

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Brief | 29 May 2019

Farm workers march to Constitutional Court over land and working conditions

“We want to have our own piece of land so that we can do something for ourselves like growing gardens or sheep farming”

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News | 24 May 2019

Dunoon land occupiers club together to pay for lawyer

Evicted eight times from private land

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News | 22 May 2019

Minister promises to finalise District Six restitution plan in August

Two decades later, District Six claimants still have no idea when they’re going to receive restitution

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News | 17 May 2019

Buy or expropriate the land, Marikana shack dwellers tell City

“In a big and beautiful city like Cape Town I don’t expect this kind of life”

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Brief | 24 April 2019

Evicted families stuck in Paarl caravan park for a year

Municipality says its emergency housing project was halted by community resistance

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News | 24 April 2019

Evicted family spend three weeks on R44 roadside

“They are unemployed and in desperate need of funding so they can buy food”

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Brief | 17 April 2019

Immigrant-owned shops ransacked in Strand

Residents blame land occupiers, but occupiers deny involvement

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News | 12 April 2019

First shacks demolished in Strand land occupation

Land occupiers clash with Red Ants and police

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Brief | 11 April 2019

Land occupiers apply for interdict against Ekurhuleni metro police

“The court will see who is lying and who is telling the truth”

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News | 9 April 2019

New land occupation starts in Strand

Private land owned by construction company has stood vacant for over a decade

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Brief | 8 April 2019