Land

Occupiers take over Old Mutual property

Company says the flats and surrounding land were earmarked for a low-cost housing project

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News | 22 June 2018

Expropriating land without compensation: shack-dwellers have their say

“People just want decent homes. They are not asking for palaces.”

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News | 5 June 2018

Western Cape could be testing ground for land expropriation without compensation, says minister

Mcebisi Skwatsha says government is considering action to protect families from eviction in Drakenstein

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News | 5 June 2018

Court orders tribal authority to act democratically

Traditional leadership can be compatible with democracy and the Constitution

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Law | 28 May 2018

Minister attempts to reassure Parkwood backyarders

“So what do we do now? Do we take down the structures that are already up? If we do, where will we go?” asks land occupier

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News | 23 May 2018

Land occupiers in Parkwood say they’ve waited 16 years

MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela to meet backyard dwellers on Tuesday

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Brief | 21 May 2018

Hopes raised that Zwelihle residents will get Schulphoek land

SAHRC commissioner says “breakthrough” over land for more housing; but protests have not stopped

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News | 18 May 2018

Vrygrond residents torch ward councillor’s car

Community protests after shacks demolished on Sunday morning

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Brief | 14 May 2018

Living under an upturned boat

MS2, Vrygrond: five families live in three old bakkie canopies and a boat

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News | 9 May 2018

Shacks demolished while occupied say Khayelitsha residents

City stops demolitions after fierce resistance and clash between police and occupiers

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News | 9 May 2018

Gauteng court blocks occupation of cheese company’s land

Councillor backs company against occupiers

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News | 9 May 2018

Vrygrond recycling centre threatened with closure

City goes to court to close premises on land at centre of land occupation

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News | 8 May 2018

Shack dwellers live in filth in Kraaifontein

Residents depend on neighbours in RDP houses for basic services

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News | 4 May 2018

Tembisa residents meet councillors to discuss reblocking concerns

Speaker of Ekurhuleni Council to visit Vusimuzi to see conditions

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Brief | 3 May 2018

Evicted occupiers bed down outside Civic Centre

Protest comes ahead of court case to decide if demolitions carried out by the City of Cape Town are legal

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Brief | 3 May 2018

Violent clashes between Mitchells Plain and Siqalo residents

30 people arrested for public violence

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Brief | 2 May 2018