South Africa: R10-Million to Stop City Land Invasions

The City of Cape Town is spending R10-million in the current financial year to fund its Anti-Land Invasion Unit (ALIU) in an effort to safeguard housing projects it says "are being threatened by systematically planned and executed land invasions".

But anti-eviction organisations have slammed the unit, saying the money could be better spent elsewhere and that it is leading to "war" between communities and the city.

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