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Expropriation of land without compensation

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.

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.

Residents of newly occupied settlements demand basic services

2nd November 2020 Vincent Lali 0

Residents of newly occupied areas in Cape Town struggle to maintain a dignified life without water, electricity and sanitation services.

Farmworkers tell of slave-master relationship with farmers after 25 years of democracy

1st May 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

Farmworkers and their organisations organised a speak-out to highlight the new wave of evictions that is said to be linked to calls for expropriation of land without compensation.

What young Zambians have to say about making farming more attractive

22nd April 2019 Thomas Daum 0

Africa has the youngest population of any continent – 60% are under age 25. While this has evoked both hope and fear, it is clear that […]

Stranded after shacks were demolished by Anti-Land Invasion unit

30th January 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

18 structures were demolished by the Anti-Land Invasion Unit of the City of Cape Town on open land adjacent to a ‘temporary’ settlement

Why giving South Africans title deeds isn’t the panacea for land reform

14th November 2018 Simon Hull 0

The land reform debate in South Africa has become increasingly polarised since Parliament resolved to consider amending the country’s Constitution to allow for the expropriation […]

Farmworkers and housing organisations support amendment of Constitution

6th August 2018 Mzi Velapi 0

The final hearing on the amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution was held in Cape Town this past weekend.

Expropriate land within existing law

31st July 2018 Nokuthula Mthimunye 0

AFRA argues that the expropriation of land that labour tenants and farm dwellers currently live on and use must be tested under the existing legal framework.

Land expropriation: identifying who benefits crucial for success

10th April 2018 Mzi Velapi 0

Speaking at a public seminar organised by PLAAS, Professor Ruth Hall from the University of the Western Cape argued that there is no need to change the Constitution to allow for expropriation of land without compensation.

PAC leader appeals to ‘coloured’ community to fight for land

23rd March 2018 Mandla Mnyakama 0

PAC leader wants the coloured community to join the fight for land as the Khoisan people were the first people to be fought off the land by the colonisers.

Landless demand expropriation of land for housing

21st March 2018 Bernard Chiguvare 0

On Human Rights Day, communities from informal settlements in Cape Town marched for land for housing.

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