Land
Evicted family spend three weeks on R44 roadside
“They are unemployed and in desperate need of funding so they can buy food”
Brief | 17 April 2019
Immigrant-owned shops ransacked in Strand
Residents blame land occupiers, but occupiers deny involvement
News | 12 April 2019
First shacks demolished in Strand land occupation
Land occupiers clash with Red Ants and police
Brief | 11 April 2019
Land occupiers apply for interdict against Ekurhuleni metro police
“The court will see who is lying and who is telling the truth”
By Zoë Postman
News | 9 April 2019
New land occupation starts in Strand
Private land owned by construction company has stood vacant for over a decade
Brief | 8 April 2019
Railway line occupied as rapid Philippi informal settlement grows
Over 1,000 new shacks in Eyadini spread over PRASA land
By Vincent Lali
Photo Essay | 5 April 2019
Living just metres from a railway line
Small community says they are terrorised by criminals and police
News | 28 March 2019
Cape Town shack dwellers march for RDP houses
“As long as each family has a tap, a toilet, and a box of electricity, we will be happy.”
By Vincent Lali
News | 15 March 2019
Ten eviction attempts but land occupiers rebuild in Tembisa
“I was in shock. I didn’t expect them to be so brutal”
By Zoë Postman
News | 15 March 2019