Land occupiers homeless after sewage pipe burst
Land occupiers whose homes in Empolweni and Ethembeni were wrecked by the flood of sewage have appealed to the City of Cape Town for help but the City is refusing.
Land for housing
Human settlements MEC urges the arrest of “illegal land grab” leaders
Land occupiers promise to return to land they are evicted from as they cannot afford to rent the backyard shacks they stayed in before.
Evicted backyarders demand accommodation from the City
Not finding anyone to receive their memorandum at the Civic Centre and at Parliament, the protestors vowed to return in the next few days.
‘No plan to provide services’ to Azania Square
While the upgrading of informal settlements programme is government policy to tackle their developmental challenges, the City of Cape Town says that it will not provide services to the new settlement.
Report confirms services in Marikana are temporary
According to the report, basic services in Marikana are temporary, “anonymous and dehumanising”.
Stranded after shacks were demolished by Anti-Land Invasion unit
18 structures were demolished by the Anti-Land Invasion Unit of the City of Cape Town on open land adjacent to a ‘temporary’ settlement
Land activists want speedy land reform, restitution and an end to evictions
A group of about 100 land activists marched to Parliament to demand speedy expropriation of land without compensation.
Housing organisations march for decent houses
Housing organisations marched against evictions that are a feature of the state’s response to the growing wave of land occupations around the City.
Farmworkers and housing organisations support amendment of Constitution
The final hearing on the amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution was held in Cape Town this past weekend.
Siyahlala community leader’s shack demolished
Four accused of destroying shack belonging to a community leader of the Siyahlala land occupation in Khayelitsha appear in court,
Gugulethu backyarders protest against rumoured evictions
Ramaphosa Informal Settlement residents say the City should expect more protests if it does not back down from planning evictions.
“Parkwood has a problem, people live under inhumane conditions”
Widespread protests for land and housing are taking place with backyarders and landless people occupying vacant land in Cape Town.
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