South Africa|Western Cape|Cape Town

Community leaders oppose Makhaza occupation

“I have been on the housing database for years, but I still have no house” says occupier

Lockdown in pictures - Day 122: Worship

Lockdown in pictures - Day 121: Eating out

SJC head Axolile Notywala arrested

Witness claims arrested activists were filming police but not obstructing them

Lockdown in pictures - Day 120: Grade R closed

District Six: This time the bulldozers are there to build houses

Long-buried houses revealed as diggers clear the site for housing

In photos: Standoff between police and occupiers of Cape Town nature reserve

This is an especially large occupation

Lockdown in pictures - Day 119: Claiming land

“Our toilets have been blocked since 2016” says Khayelitsha resident

Enkanini informal settlement gives the City a week to respond to demands for toilets and water

Two schools torched in protest for land

“They are threatening our future. This year is already hard with Covid-19” says matric student

Lockdown in pictures - Day 118: Fired, fired, retrenched, fired, retrenched, retrenched

Learners demand solid classrooms after storm destroys prefabs

MEC says her department has acquired land in the area. Phased in occupancy could start in 2022

“We are the rightful owners of these houses” say occupiers

City of Cape Town says they are jeopardising the allocation of houses to elderly beneficiaries

Lockdown in pictures - Day 117: Family hell

Burning of clinic: suspects in court

Mayor says some services suspended after “wanton acts of vandalism”

“I wish the government could allow us to stay here”

Eskom withdraws services to Khayelitsha after vehicles stoned and torched during land occupation