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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.

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Backyarders still determined to fight for housing

8th Oct 2019 Mzi Velapi Sinethemba Cawe Tandeka Bafo 0

It has been six days since the occupiers of Arcadia Place were evicted and living on the streets outside the building in Observatory.

What young Zambians have to say about making farming more attractive

22nd Apr 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 […]

Sowing the seeds of peace in South Sudan

17th Apr 2019 Equal Times 0

Almost a month to go ahead of the traditional rainy season in Gbudue State, 430 kilometres west of South Sudan’s capital city of Juba, smallholder […]

The silent death of workers in India

8th Apr 2019 Equal Times 0

Every morning, groups of men squat on the pavement in the streets of Delhi and wait for a truck to pick them up and bring […]

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

14th Nov 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 […]

“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.

In DR Congo, the world’s second largest forest is being ravaged as landless communities struggle for their rights

16th May 2018 Equal Times 0

Thousands of logs loaded into makeshift boats at the port of Inongo at Lake Mai-Ndombe stand ready to be transported to Kinshasa, the capital of […]

Land expropriation: identifying who benefits crucial for success

10th Apr 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.

Gugulethu backyaders tell de Lille that they are tired of empty promises

28th Feb 2018 Bernard Chiguvare 0

In a meeting that took place on Tuesday between the Mayor, Patricia de Lille and Gugulethu Backyarders who have occupied pieces of land around Gugulethu, they told her that they are tired of empty promises of housing delivery.

Gugulethu backyarders vow to continue land occupation

26th Feb 2018 Bernard Chiguvare 0

A group of backyarders in Gugulethu began to occupy vacant land in the township last week and started erecting shacks. By Sunday, the protestors had barricaded the busiest routes in the township, demanding to speak to the Mayor about housing delivery.

Land rights group scorns MEC’s call for Western Cape farmers to move East

23rd Feb 2018 Mzi Velapi 0

Before the delivery of the State of the Nation address that had land expropriation as a talking point, the Eastern Cape MEC released a statement inviting commercial farmers in the drought stricken Western Cape to move and invest in the Eastern Cape, something a land rights group describes as an insult to small-scale farmers.

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