Land
Concourt ruling on labour tenants sends message on government inefficiency
Appointing a special master to assist the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform is not judicial overreach
By Zoë Postman and Wilmien Wicomb
Law | 21 August 2019
Hundreds stranded by roadside after massive farm eviction in Kraaifontein
Evictees say all their possessions were seized
By Vincent Lali
News | 21 August 2019
Court upholds right of farm residents to bury their loved ones
SCA rules protecting an occupier’s religious and cultural rights is consistent with treating them with respect and dignity
Law | 21 August 2019
New land occupiers say they are flood victims
People relocating to Mpukwini from Island informal settlement had their shacks demolished on the weekend
By Vincent Lali
News | 19 August 2019
Land occupiers say they paid R150,000 for plots, but where is the money?
Hundreds of people from Endlovini informal settlement in Port Elizabeth demand answers from ward committee
Brief | 8 August 2019
New round of demolitions in Cato Manor
Shack dwellers say their belongings were torched, leaving them destitute
By Musa Binda
Brief | 5 August 2019
Attitudes towards land occupations have to change, say researchers
Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa has released a series of reports on informal settlements
Brief | 29 July 2019
Gauteng wants blanket court interdict on land occupations
Human Settlements MEC briefs South African Human Rights Commission after protests in Alexandra
By Zoë Postman
Brief | 23 July 2019
SANDF soldiers accused of terrorising immigrant shack dwellers
“The soldiers said it was just a teaser of what they will do to the rest of Happiness Village residents”
News | 23 July 2019