Where SA’s Top Political Parties Stand On Land
The conversation in South Africa is centred around land after the historic moment in parliament in March 2018 when the National Assembly passed a...
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...
Ari Sitas: “June 1976 was a point of no return”
ARI SITAS, sociology professor at UCT, reflects on the events of June 1976 and what it meant to be a young person then.
I was...
Land Expropriation: How The Constitution Will Be Changed
The Constitutional Review Committee adopted a recommendation to parliament that section 25 of the Constitution needs to be amended "to make explicit what is...
#NdloziAtUCT: eloquent on Fanon, basic on feminism
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) spokesperson aka The People’s Bae, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi gave a public lecture on post-colonial African liberation movements at the University of...
After The Police Teargas Came The Stillborn Baby
"He was going to be our first son. His father always talked about how he will take him to work with him and leave...
#BlackoutClifton: disrupting Cape Town’s whitest spaces
Over the past two weeks, posters titled “Blackout Cape Town†have been circulating on social media, calling for an occupation of Clifton Beach and...
Two-week-old baby laid to rest after choking on tear gas during...
Community demands justice for Jayden Khoza who died during housing protests earlier this week.
The Land Question Part 2: Why is Malema bent on...
Lack of effective and swift land reform is doing nothing to bridge the huge inequality gap in South Africa. But if we know that...
#MaritzburgCollege: ‘EFF protest’ didn’t contravene law banning party-political activities in schools...
*Editors' note: This story has been updated with a recent comment by Julius Malema
Marievale community back in court to stop the army’s unlawful evictions
Marievale residents will be back in court later this week after the High Court heard and heard an application to interdict evictions from a...
Marievale: Home Of Community Leader Bombed
After midnight on Wednesday, a petrol bomb was thrown onto the roof of Marievale community leader and former South African National Defence Force (SANDF)...
Not just Cape Town – How SA faces a bleak water...
The Institute for Security Studies released a report on Monday detailing how the water crisis in South Africa is much bigger than Cape Town....
City of Cape Town to tackle apartheid spatial planning
After months of pressure from housing activists, the City of Cape Town has identified 10 sites that will be developed in and near the...
Land: Why So Afraid Of A Debate?
If there ever was any doubt that different South Africans mean completely different things when they speak about the land, the debate sparked in...
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...
The WC drought is battering the agricultural industry
The City of Cape Town has managed to delay Day Zero until mid-May, as a result of declining agricultural usage and a generous...
ESCR: SA Must Fulfil Its Human Rights Obligations For All South...
On Saturday the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) co-hosted a solidarity meeting with Abahlali baseMjondolo in partnership with Socio-Economic Rights...
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...
EFF And Traditional Leaders Unite Over The Land Question
The Economic Freedom Fighters and Congress of Traditional Leaders of SA (Contralesa) have joined forces in the heated debate around land expropriation without compensation...
