Land

“We didn’t ask for much” – seven years after the De Doorns uprising

“We are getting to a point where we will definitely see another strike soon”

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Feature | 11 November 2019

Land occupation named after Mayor Bobani erupts in protests

“He said we can rebuild our shacks and live here. He promised to give us toilets, water and electricity”

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News | 29 October 2019

Khayelitsha land occupation grows under cover of darkness

About 400 families now live in Zweledinga says community leader

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Brief | 17 October 2019

“Illegal and criminal” demolitions in Durban, say shack dwellers

“This was a new invasion and the people had not settled there. No court order was required,” says City

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Brief | 16 October 2019

Bonteheuwel women fight auction of their garden

Residents say they weren’t consulted about the sale, while city councillor encourages them to bid for the property

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News | 17 September 2019

Traditional leaders want land for initiation schools

Informal settlements in Nelson Mandela Bay are crowding out schools, they say

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News | 2 September 2019

King Zwelithini’s trust keeps people poor

Ingonyama Trust denies customary ownership rights to people living on its land

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Opinion | 29 August 2019

Court orders hundreds of Kraaifontein farm dwellers to be relocated to Philippi

“The judgment doesn’t understand the reality confronting the people of Klein Akker Farm” says community leader

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Brief | 23 August 2019

Small-scale farmers demand access to land

“Our animals graze in yards and graveyards because there is no land for us”

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News | 23 August 2019

Concourt ruling on labour tenants sends message on government inefficiency

Appointing a special master to assist the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform is not judicial overreach

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Law | 21 August 2019

Hundreds stranded by roadside after massive farm eviction in Kraaifontein

Evictees say all their possessions were seized

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News | 21 August 2019

Court upholds right of farm residents to bury their loved ones

SCA rules protecting an occupier’s religious and cultural rights is consistent with treating them with respect and dignity

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Law | 21 August 2019

New land occupiers say they are flood victims

People relocating to Mpukwini from Island informal settlement had their shacks demolished on the weekend

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News | 19 August 2019

Land occupiers say they paid R150,000 for plots, but where is the money?

Hundreds of people from Endlovini informal settlement in Port Elizabeth demand answers from ward committee

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Brief | 8 August 2019

New round of demolitions in Cato Manor

Shack dwellers say their belongings were torched, leaving them destitute

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Brief | 5 August 2019