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.
Land for housing
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.
City of Cape Town accused of dividing the community
A meeting between leadership of the Vrygrond community and the City of Cape Town, after several stand-offs between law enforcement officers and backyarders who have attempted to occupy vacant land, has not taken place even though a date was set.
Vrygrond land occupiers defiant
Backyarders in Vrygrond near Muizenberg have vowed to continue building shacks on a piece of land that they have occupied because they cannot “afford to pay rent” anymore.
The City and the province won’t expropriate land for housing
The City of Cape Town and the Western Cape provincial government has stated that it will not buy land from Ross Demolition to build houses for Siqalo residents as the land is “not fit for human habitation”.
Landless demand expropriation of land for housing
On Human Rights Day, communities from informal settlements in Cape Town marched for land for housing.
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