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Covid-19 Lockdown and land occupation

Shack dwellers from Khayelitsha protest in Cape Town

24th April 2025 Vincent Lali 0

As winter creeps in, residents of informal settlements in Khayelitsha protest for basic services.

Informal settlement residents protest for basic services on Human Rights Day

21st March 2025 Vincent Lali 0

The protest by Social Distance informal settlement started on Wednesday after electricity disconnections.

Shack dwellers flee violent persecution

17th November 2023 Mzi Velapi 0

Many residents of Siyakhana have fled their homes for fear of their lives. On Wednesday night, several homes were petrol bombed by ‘maphara’.

Housing project in Mandela Park stokes tension between backyarders and shack dwellers

23rd October 2023 Asive Mabula 0

Mandela Park Backyarders are adamant that the housing project should benefit their community while the City of Cape Town insists units will be allocated according to the housing waiting list.

Residents of informal settlements on Cape Town’s railways ‘live in poop’

14th September 2023 Asive Mabula 0

Communities along Cape Town’s central line complain of inadequate sanitation and access to water as the plan to relocate them stalls.

Attempts to relocate land occupiers on Cape Town railway going nowhere

12th September 2023 Asive Mabula 0

Trains on Prasa’s central line in Cape Town have not run since November 2019, allowing landless people to move on to the railway. It is now unclear when rail services on the city’s busiest line will resume.

“We won’t move” – Khayelitsha land occupiers defy eviction order

7th June 2023 Asive Mabula 0

The residents of an informal settlement in Khayelitsha are refusing to vacate the land for the building of a private hospital.

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