Land
Hundreds of people stake out plots for houses on empty land in Nelson Mandela Bay
Municipality says it will move against them
News | 20 March 2024
Housing activists frustrated by President Ramaphosa’s six-month silence on public land act
They have been demanding that government use the State Land Disposal Act of 1961 to rapidly free up land for housing
Brief | 18 March 2024
City of Tshwane mum on “investigation” into illegal suburb
Leeuwfontein developer and residents say the City has never contacted them
News | 26 February 2024
Khayelitsha families rebuild shacks after botched relocation
The voluntary move has now cost the shack dwellers money, materials, and belongings
By Vincent Lali
News | 23 February 2024
Fiery end to Green Point tent city
The homeless community was evicted on Thursday
Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 22 February 2024
Hundreds of people from mining communities march in Pretoria
The protest follows a summit hosted by Mining Affected Communities United in Action
News | 8 February 2024
Showdown looms between land occupiers and Eastern Cape municipality
Komani Protest Action interdicted from inciting “land grabbing” but vows to defy court order
News | 1 December 2023
Small farmers celebrate victory outside Cape High Court
Housing Development Agency agrees to drop eviction proceedings
By Liezl Human
News | 21 November 2023
Spoekiesdorp families haunted by past evictions and uncertain future
“Many of us are here because we were evicted from farms. We were dumped here”
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 17 November 2023