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The Friends of Liesbeek Association has withdrawn a town planning appeal, but a court case remains to be settled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
Leeuwfontein has been developed without subdivision or approval by local authorities. Now residents want services
News | 5 July 2023
119 Families served with notice to vacate land on the Diep River floodplain
Brief | 13 June 2023