Land
Farm workers march to Constitutional Court over land and working conditions
“We want to have our own piece of land so that we can do something for ourselves like growing gardens or sheep farming”
By Zoë Postman
News | 24 May 2019
Dunoon land occupiers club together to pay for lawyer
Evicted eight times from private land
News | 22 May 2019
Minister promises to finalise District Six restitution plan in August
Two decades later, District Six claimants still have no idea when they’re going to receive restitution
News | 17 May 2019
Buy or expropriate the land, Marikana shack dwellers tell City
“In a big and beautiful city like Cape Town I don’t expect this kind of life”
Brief | 24 April 2019
Evicted families stuck in Paarl caravan park for a year
Municipality says its emergency housing project was halted by community resistance
News | 24 April 2019
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