How expropriation without compensation works in Alexandra
A xenophobic mob is kicking people out of their homes
By Zoë Postman
Feature | 30 May 2019
Police are making arbitrary arrests at protests
Spurious charges are time-consuming and costly, and undermine the right to protest
Opinion | 30 May 2019
Farm workers march to Constitutional Court over land and working conditions
“We want to have our own piece of land so that we can do something for ourselves like growing gardens or sheep farming”
By Zoë Postman
News | 24 May 2019
Home Affairs asks UN for help with refugee backlog
Department has to process 150,000 appeals
By Zoë Postman
News | 16 May 2019
Informal settlements to be “made liveable”, Alexandra inquiry hears
Gauteng to provide services to land occupiers rather than evicting them
By Zoë Postman
News | 15 May 2019
City of Johannesburg can’t cope with Alexandra land occupations, inquiry told
“We do demolish but it is impossible to go there every day” says manager
By Zoë Postman
News | 14 May 2019
Rubbish piles up on Diepsloot street
“We eat and breathe this bad smell everyday”
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 13 May 2019
Call for law to allow communities to recall ward councillors
Group hands over petition signed by over 25,000 people
Brief | 3 May 2019
Waste pickers march to be recognised
Protesters want to be a formal part of Johannesburg’s recycling programme
By Zoë Postman
News | 2 May 2019