Housing
Hundreds march for water, electricity and toilets in Khayelitsha
Official says services cannot be provided because some of the land occupations are still before the court
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 2 November 2020
Rondebosch Golf Club lease renewal under fire from housing activists
City says floodline makes land unsuitable for development
By Liezl Human
Brief | 30 October 2020
Homes waterlogged with “liquid shit” for three months
City of Cape Town says the residents have occupied a stormwater retention pond unlawfully
By Vincent Lali
News | 29 October 2020
Subsistence farmers under siege from land occupation
Shacks have been erected in the middle of their crops in Dunoon
Brief | 27 October 2020
Family “dumped” in Wellington can’t travel to work and school
They were forcibly evicted from their home on a farm in Paarl where they lived for 23 years
By Liezl Human
News | 27 October 2020
Railway line shack dwellers trash ward councillor
Protesters are demanding services and recognition for Eyadini informal settlement in Cape Town
By Vincent Lali
News | 26 October 2020
Court order has big implications for land expropriation
Municipality must return land to 84-year-old pensioner because it didn’t obtain his consent, suggesting that parts of the Expropriation Act are unconstitutional
Law | 23 October 2020
No housing on Rondebosch Golf Club for now
City says the land is unsuitable, but Ndifuna Ukwazi says the decision is “blindingly shortsighted”
By Liezl Human
News | 22 October 2020
Housing protest after Gauteng “delivers nothing” on 2018 promise
Protesters want to know what happened to the Rapid Land Release Program
By Zoë Postman
News | 22 October 2020