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Land for housing

Land occupiers homeless after sewage pipe burst

24th Aug 2020 Vincent Lali 0

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.

Human settlements MEC urges the arrest of “illegal land grab” leaders

5th Aug 2020 Vincent Lali 0

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

15th Oct 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

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

7th Aug 2019 Sinethemba Mbewana 0

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

29th Jul 2019 Mzi Velapi Anathi Mlonyeni Sinethemba Mbewana 0

According to the report, basic services in Marikana are temporary, “anonymous and dehumanising”.

Stranded after shacks were demolished by Anti-Land Invasion unit

30th Jan 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

Land activists want speedy land reform, restitution and an end to evictions

11th Sep 2018 Mzi Velapi 0

A group of about 100 land activists marched to Parliament to demand speedy expropriation of land without compensation.

Housing organisations march for decent houses

17th Aug 2018 Mfundo Mhlanganiso 0

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

6th Aug 2018 Mzi Velapi 0

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

18th Jul 2018 Mzi Velapi 0

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

2nd Jul 2018 Mandla Mnyakama 0

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”

30th May 2018 Chandre Appels 1

Widespread protests for land and housing are taking place with backyarders and landless people occupying vacant land in Cape Town.

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