Land
New land occupiers say they are flood victims
People relocating to Mpukwini from Island informal settlement had their shacks demolished on the weekend
By Vincent Lali
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
Brief | 8 August 2019
New round of demolitions in Cato Manor
Shack dwellers say their belongings were torched, leaving them destitute
By Musa Binda
Brief | 5 August 2019
Attitudes towards land occupations have to change, say researchers
Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa has released a series of reports on informal settlements
Brief | 29 July 2019
Gauteng wants blanket court interdict on land occupations
Human Settlements MEC briefs South African Human Rights Commission after protests in Alexandra
By Zoë Postman
Brief | 23 July 2019
SANDF soldiers accused of terrorising immigrant shack dwellers
“The soldiers said it was just a teaser of what they will do to the rest of Happiness Village residents”
News | 23 July 2019
Family living along R44 in Paarl buy a house
The family plans to move to Wellington at the end of July
News | 19 July 2019
The land is “unsuitable for habitation” says municipality, but thousands live on it
Sikiti informal settlement in Butterworth, Eastern Cape, was established over 20 years ago
News | 19 July 2019
Old Brakpan residents, removed under apartheid, demand land
“The houses we were allocated in Tsakane are low in value compared to land in Brakpan … It is only fair that we are returned”
Brief | 16 July 2019