Land
New Land Court Bill seeks to address slow processing of land claims
The bill would establish two new courts: a Land Court and Land Court of Appeal
Law | 12 July 2021
Siqalo shack dwellers want solar power
Residents are asking the City of Cape Town to subsidise a model they say worked in Stellenbosch
News | 8 July 2021
Makeshift church takes in flood victims in Bloekombos
Nomava Mboniswa offered her zinc church structure after she saw images of the flood on TV
By Vincent Lali
News | 8 July 2021
Where are our ward councillors? ask flood victims
Shacks flooded by heavy rains in Khayelitsha
By Vincent Lali
News | 2 July 2021
Homes flooded after Diep River bursts its banks
Community-built Dunoon barrier fails to save people from winter floods
Brief | 2 July 2021
Court orders Zulu King’s trust to pay back millions
Ingonyama land leases stripped people living on ancestral land of their customary rights
Law | 11 June 2021
Shack dwellers install their own taps and toilets
8,000 families in Khayelitsha find ways to cope without city services
By Vincent Lali
News | 2 June 2021
City of Cape Town granted interdict against further unlawful occupation of District Six
“The rights of the lawful District Six Claimants must be protected” says judge
News | 21 May 2021
Immigrants must also get land, say shack dwellers
Residents accuse community leaders of corruption and excluding immigrants from getting stands for houses
News | 20 May 2021