Land
Families vacate land at owner’s request, only to be moved off new land too
City of Cape Town demolished the shacks and confiscated the material of 13 families who had moved from private land
Brief | 24 June 2020
“This is not a land grab. We are taking back what belongs to us”
Hundreds of people in Midvaal occupy private land
News | 23 June 2020
Doornbach residents resist Covid-19 relocation plan
About 1,500 Dunoon families are to be moved to Winning Way
Brief | 23 June 2020
Dunoon ward councillor’s office petrol bombed
Land occupation blamed for arson attack
News | 19 June 2020
Flooded shack dwellers occupy dry private land
Residents of Waterfront informal settlement want to move to Philippi Village property
Text by Tariro Washinyira. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 11 June 2020
20 years later, Eastern Cape community wins right to its land
Supreme Court of Appeal upholds landmark decision
Law | 10 June 2020
Homeless protesters disrupt Khayelitsha Magistrate’s Court
If the City of Cape Town can demolish shacks during the lockdown, what is stopping us from evicting tenants? asks backyarder’s landlord
Brief | 3 June 2020
Mounting pressure on families holding out against coal mine expansion
“We know that if we are not here, our house will be burnt down”
By Fred Kockott and Matthew Hattingh
Feature | 3 June 2020