Leeuwfontein developer and residents say the City has never contacted them
News | 26 February 2024
The voluntary move has now cost the shack dwellers money, materials, and belongings
By Vincent Lali
News | 23 February 2024
The homeless community was evicted on Thursday
Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 22 February 2024
The protest follows a summit hosted by Mining Affected Communities United in Action
News | 8 February 2024
Komani Protest Action interdicted from inciting “land grabbing” but vows to defy court order
News | 1 December 2023
Housing Development Agency agrees to drop eviction proceedings
By Liezl Human
News | 21 November 2023
“Many of us are here because we were evicted from farms. We were dumped here”
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 17 November 2023
The municipality wants the land for a new township
News | 10 November 2023
The households in the Worcester informal settlement must be relocated, says the South African Human Rights Commission
News | 31 October 2023
Violence and tensions between land occupiers and backyarders has been brewing for months in Khayelitsha
By Vincent Lali
News | 26 October 2023
The eThekwini municipality repeatedly demolishes their shacks located near a river
Brief | 26 October 2023
The municipality claims it faced violent resistance when it was carrying out shack demolitions
News | 13 October 2023
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform silent on why it’s taken years to issue a lease promised in 2019
News | 3 October 2023
Ndifuna Ukwazi launches online interactive map to put pressure on government to address land issues
News | 22 September 2023
The Friends of Liesbeek Association has withdrawn a town planning appeal, but a court case remains to be settled
Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 22 September 2023
The existing State Land Disposal Act could be used to fast track the use of public land for human settlement
By Matthew Hirsch and Vincent Lali
News | 23 August 2023