Land
City of Tshwane probes illegal suburb
Leeuwfontein has been developed without subdivision or approval by local authorities. Now residents want services
News | 5 July 2023
Diep River occupiers say they’ll move if City provides acceptable accommodation
119 Families served with notice to vacate land on the Diep River floodplain
Brief | 13 June 2023
Tshwane’s illegal suburb leaves residents stuck without services
Plots in Leeuwfontein were sold for R80,000
News | 9 June 2023
Not enough public participation: Constitutional Court scraps Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Act
“The importance of public participation in South Africa cannot be understated,” say judges
Law | 30 May 2023
School land occupiers demand relocation to serviced sites
East London shack dwellers say they won’t move unless it is somewhere with water, electricity and toilets
News | 26 May 2023
Families face eviction from the land they’ve farmed for generations
Housing Development Agency wants to use the land in Malmesbury for development
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 25 May 2023
Protesters from Khoisan occupation picket on N2
Knoflokskraal residents want to be allowed to repair their homes and be allowed to farm the land.
By Liezl Human
News | 15 May 2023
Women beaten with knobkieries in battle over Wild Coast land, court hears
Amadiba Crisis Committee secures interim interdict against development
News | 15 May 2023
Apartheid labour tenants wait their whole lives for land rights - but there are signs of hope
Activists say the appointment of a Special Master of the Land Claims Court should speed up the process
By Daniel Steyn and Masego Mafata
News | 12 April 2023