SANDF Must Provide Alternative Accommodation For Marievale Residents, Court Rules
The Pretoria High Court granted a victory to the embattled Marievale community, ruling on Wednesday morning that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF)...
Marievale community pickets against SANDF outside Gauteng military bases
On Wednesday, advocacy organisation Right2Know (R2K) Gauteng picketed outside three military bases in Gauteng against the evictions of Marievale community members who have been...
Separating Fact From Fiction: The History of the Establishment of Israel
The establishment of the state of Israel was never recognised by the UN Security Council, which is the only body with the authority to...
The Democratic Alliance On Land
The Democratic Alliance (DA) vehemently disagrees with the expropriation of land without compensation policy. Speaking at Constitutional Hill on Monday, the party leader Mmusi...
Poverty, Evictions And Court Disputes: The Sad Reality Of eThekwini’s Poor...
Court disputes between Abahlali baseMjondolo and eThekwini City continue, following "illegal" and brutal evictions of about 150 families, which were carried out by eThekwini...
Marievale Evictions: The SANDF Is Still Barring Residents From Their Homes
Marievale residents have yet again been barred from returning to their homes despite a court ruling by the High Court in Johannesburg stating they...
Children fall victim to state ineptitude and capitalist land-grab in Kenya
Kenya found its way into the international media for all wrong reasons last week.
Images of Kenyan police brutally breaking up a demonstration by young children waving twigs,...
The People Of Blinkbonnie Can Finally Call Enkanini Home
Kids are running around playing, it's the school holidays. Elderly women are sitting outside in the sun; they say inside their houses it's chilly....
Durban: Fresh Land Grabs In Cato Crest
Different areas in Durban have been sparked by land grabs over the last two weeks, with the most recent one being in Cato Crest,...
The Politics Of ‘Expropriation Of Land Without Compensation’ In South Africa
In a speech presented at the Urbanization: Impact of land availability - focus on land occupation Indaba organised by MEC for human settlements and...
Mining Affected Communities Come Out In Support Of Xolobeni
Tuesday, 24 April marked the second day of the court proceedings between the Amadiba Crisis Committee (ACC), the department of mineral resources (DRM), and...
Julius Malema On Land: Only Death Will Stop Us
"If South Africans are afraid of expropriating the land without compensation because of sanctions and backlash, then don't vote for the EFF," the...
Why Land Occupations Play A Key Role In Land Reform
South Africa's stagnant land reform process has led to the frustration and delayed dispossession of many. With the conversation of landlessness comes that of...
Kgalema Motlanthe, Thuli Madonsela, Pallo Jordan On The Prospects For A...
At the end of August, Cape Town's Community House welcomed the former public protector Thuli Madonsela, now the social justice chair at the Law...
