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Eviction nightmare on Main Street

Eviction nightmare on Main Street

11 Jan 2013 00:00 - Nickolaus Bauer
Victims of an alleged building hijacking are staying close to protect what little they have.
Landmark evictions ruling poses a threat to municipal officials

Landmark evictions ruling poses a threat to municipal officials

19 Sep 2012 18:56 - Niren Tolsi
Municipal officials now face the very real threat of being fined or imprisoned over evictions following a judgment by acting judge Nigel Hollis.
Deep Read: Kicked to the curb

Deep Read: Kicked to the curb

28 Aug 2012 14:30 - Faranaaz Parker
Residents of a settlement in Marlboro set out to have their community formally recognised. Instead, their homes were razed to the ground by the JMPD.
ConCourt's Saratoga Avenue eviction ruling expected

ConCourt's Saratoga Avenue eviction ruling expected

23 May 2012 19:57 - Sapa
The Constitutional Court is to hand down its ruling on extending the eviction deadline of occupiers of a building on Saratoga Avenue on Thursday.
Shelter no solution for Jozi's poor

Shelter no solution for Jozi's poor

11 May 2012 09:20 - Kwanele Sosibo
Evicted residents say they are being treated as vagrants while the city struggles for answers, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
Pennyville residents protest over Absa eviction

Pennyville residents protest over Absa eviction

01 Feb 2012 14:43 - Lisa Steyn
Pennyville residents staged a demonstration outside Absa buildings in the Jo'burg CBD to hand over a memorandum in protest against their eviction.

Bapsfontein forced removal 'an evacuation, not an eviction'

15 Sep 2011 16:31 - Niren Tolsi
Ekurhuleni has defended its attempt to remove residents from the Bapsfontein informal settlement without a court order, claiming it was an evacuation.
Stay of eviction victory for residents

Stay of eviction victory for residents

01 Apr 2011 00:00 - Staff Reporter
The threat of mass evictions has been lifted from residents of Cape Town's Joe Slovo informal settlement.

Evicted community appeals to Constitutional Court

25 Mar 2011 00:00 - Ilham Rawoot
A Gauteng community's appeal to the Constitutional Court has turned the spotlight on the need for municipalities to consult when evicting squatters.

Zim denies plan to evict settlement residents

28 Oct 2010 14:09 - Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe on Thursday denied claims that the government was planning mass evictions from a settlement outside the capital, Harare.

Evicted shack dwellers seek legal recourse

02 Jul 2010 14:18 - Karabo Keepile
Evicted shack dwellers from Gauteng and Ekurhuleni -- accused of illegally occupying council land -- are now seeking legal recourse.

'They came like animals'

14 Sep 2009 06:00 - Niren Tolsi
Angola is evicting whole communities to meet the president's promise to build a million new homes by 2012, writes Niren Tolsi

Cope MPs eviction row settled

09 Sep 2009 18:19 - Staff Reporter
The two Cope MPs threatened with eviction from their parliamentary houses on Wednesday agreed to move to other official dwellings.

Cope eviction case on hold

08 Sep 2009 15:46 - Staff Reporter
An application for the eviction of two Cope members of Parliament was put on hold on Tuesday while their legal teams sought to negotiate a settlement.

Small victory for homeless

15 Jun 2009 06:00 - Glynnis Underhill
Cape Flats families given a reprieve from eviction, writes Glynnis Underhill.

Court rules that Joe Slovo residents be evicted

10 Jun 2009 10:43 - Staff Reporter
The Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that about 20 000 residents in the Joe Slovo informal settlement must be evicted.

Nairobi slum residents speak out against eviction

10 Jun 2009 09:47 - Susan Njanji
More than six million people have been forcibly removed from their land and homes in recent years in several African countries.

Purgatory for the poor

31 Mar 2009 06:00 - Niren Tolsi
A camp to which 700 families are to be relocated is fraught with hazards, writes Niren Tolsi.
Cast out into Jozi's streets

Video | Cast out into Jozi's streets

19 Jan 2012 15:37
People illegally occupying an inner-city building were evicted in an unconstitutional Red Ants operation, leaving them homeless on the streets of Jo'burg.

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