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March 20
South Africa: Hundreds of People Stake Out Plots for Houses On Empty Land in Nelson Mandela Bay
Hundreds of people have moved onto land near KwaNobuhle in Kariega, staking out plots for houses. Read more »
March 18
South Africa: Housing Activists Frustrated By President Ramaphosa's Six-Month Silence On Public Land Act
They have been demanding that government use the State Land Disposal Act of 1961 to rapidly free up land for housing Read more »
March 11
Southern Africa: Why a Farmer Is Riding From Zimbabwe to Windhoek On a Horse
Ben Freeth will petition for the reinstatement of the SADC Tribunal Read more »
February 27
South Africa: Emalahleni Municipality Wants to Evict Families in 'Illegal' Township
Many of the families live in brick and mortar homes. But the municipality says these structures are unlawful and wants them to be demolished Read more »
February 20
South Africa: One Year and Counting - the Supreme Court of Appeal Has Still Not Handed Down Judgment in the Vital Tafelberg Case
Court says judgment should be delivered within three weeks Read more »
December 13, 2023
South Africa: Small Farmer Makes a Comeback After Devastating Floods
Genadendal farmer Johannes Arendse sells his produce in Cape Town Read more »
December 07, 2023
South Africa: The Informal Brick Makers of Dordrecht
"We are only working to put food on the table, nothing else" says Tinashe Mandobe who has made bricks in the small Eastern Cape town since 2004 Read more »
November 21, 2023
South Africa: Small Farmers Celebrate Victory Outside Cape High Court
Housing Development Agency agrees to drop eviction proceedings Read more »
November 09, 2023
South Africa: Women Farm Workers Demand Meeting With Minister of Agriculture
Women on Farms Project marched to Parliament on Wednesday Read more »
October 31, 2023
South Africa: Families Moved to Informal Settlement Must Be Relocated - Human Rights Commission
The households in the Worcester informal settlement must be relocated, says the South African Human Rights Commission Read more »
October 13, 2023
South Africa: Ethekwini Land Occupiers Claim Officals Attacked Them Without Warning
The municipality claims it faced violent resistance when it was carrying out shack demolitions Read more »
October 03, 2023
South Africa: Family Waits for Promised Right to Farm Land Where Their Ancestors Worked
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform silent on why it's taken years to issue a lease promised in 2019 Read more »
September 22, 2023
South Africa: Activists Claim Thousands of Parcels of Public Land Under-Used in Cape Town
Ndifuna Ukwazi launches online interactive map to put pressure on government to address land issues Read more »
August 23, 2023
South Africa: Housing Activists March to President's Doorstep
The existing State Land Disposal Act could be used to fast track the use of public land for human settlement Read more »
South Africa: Climate Activists Demand Action At Brics Talks #AfricaClimateCrisis
Hundreds protest in Sandton where summit is underway Read more »
July 21, 2023
South Africa: Small Farmers in the Cederberg Still Reeling From Flood Damage #AfricaClimateCrisis
Provincial department wants the area to be declared a disaster zone Read more »
June 01, 2023
South Africa: Ficksburg Community Leaders Arrested During Clashes Over Land Occupation
The Setsoto Local Municipality has obtained an interim order preventing any new shacks from being erected Read more »
May 25, 2023
South Africa: Families Face Eviction From the Land They've Farmed for Generations
Housing Development Agency wants to use the land in Malmesbury for development Read more »
May 22, 2023
South Africa: Bulldozers Clear Way for Mine in Lower Zambezi National Park
Tourism body warned that this would threaten species and actually lose money for the Zambian economy Read more »
May 15, 2023
South Africa: Women Beaten With Knobkieries in Battle Over Wild Coast Land, Court Hears
Amadiba Crisis Committee secures interim interdict against development Read more »
April 18, 2023
South Africa: Khoisan Occupation in Grabouw Is No Longer Our Problem, Says Forestry Department
The settlement called Knoflokskraal is to be managed by departments of Public Works and COGTA Read more »
April 12, 2023
South Africa: Apartheid Labour Tenants Wait Their Whole Lives for Land Rights - but There Are Signs of Hope
Activists say the appointment of a Special Master of the Land Claims Court should speed up the process Read more »
March 08, 2023
South Africa: No Money for Water and Toilets At Khoi and San Occupation, MPs Told
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, which owns the land, plans to have a meeting with the community later this month Read more »
March 03, 2023
South Africa: Evicted in the Morning, 2,000 Nigel RDP Occupiers Move Back in By Evening
High Court ordered a stay of eviction after Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department put 500 families out on the street Read more »
South Africa: Evicted Waste Pickers Win in Court
Company must rebuild homes of the "Airfield Community" on land near Waterkloof base Read more »
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