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Forced Removals

The long and short of a 50-year artistic career
Friday
/ 26 July 2024

The long and short of a 50-year artistic career

Sue Williamson’s new show opens in Joburg and a retrospective is coming soon

By Charles Leonard
Q&A Sessions: Felicia Mabuza-Suttle, standing on the shoulders of heroes
National
/ 18 August 2021

Q&A Sessions: Felicia Mabuza-Suttle, standing on the shoulders of heroes

Veteran journalist Felicia Mabuza-Suttle tells us about how she dealt with patriarchy, her passion for youth development and why she is a germaphobe

By Kelly Richards
NGOs call for stoppage of ‘cruel’ coal project in Zimbabwe
The Green Guardian
/ 6 June 2021

NGOs call for stoppage of ‘cruel’ coal project in Zimbabwe

A coalition of NGOs is on a big drive to stop the Beifa coal project in Dinde, as well as casting a spotlight on mineral governance in the country

By Chris Gilili
The Strandfontein shelter touches a societal and political nerve
Coronavirus
/ 27 May 2020

The Strandfontein shelter touches a societal and political nerve

What was the City of Cape Town thinking when it decided to round up homeless people and put them in a camp?

By Jonty Cogger
Golf-club lease dispute opens forced-removal wounds
Article
/ 19 March 2020

Golf-club lease dispute opens forced-removal wounds

The City also said if the lease were renewed it would reconsider how much the Rondebosch Golf Club would have to pay each month.

By Lester Kiewit
Proclamation 73: Forgotten people returned to history
Article
/ 14 December 2018

Proclamation 73: Forgotten people returned to history

An exhibition draws on people’s personal albums to reconstruct a past that is missing from current narratives

By Mia Arderne
Fight to free Britain’s last African colony
Africa
/ 7 September 2018

Fight to free Britain’s last African colony

Britain and Mauritius are in the International Court of Justice arguing over the Chagos Islands. But the evicted islanders just want to go home

By Simon Allison
Mandela didn’t sell out, post-94 ANC did
Article
/ 8 August 2018

Mandela didn’t sell out, post-94 ANC did

Two Acts and the Khoi-San Bill, if passed, will dispossess people in the former homelands of their land rights

By Staff Reporter
PODCAST: Aunty Patty’s garden
Article
/ 3 May 2018

PODCAST: Aunty Patty’s garden

When the coloured population of Simon’s Town was forcibly removed, Aunty Patty’s family remained

By Rasmus Bitsch and Sound Africa
I’m not a pilchard, I won’t live in a tin’
Article
/ 23 February 2018

I’m not a pilchard, I won’t live in a tin’

Residents facing eviction from their Woodstock homes “have no right or entitlement” to be accommodated at a location of their choice

By Staff Reporter
JHB’s nationalistic attitude rears its head in Fattis Mansions, Cape York incidents
Article
/ 26 July 2017

JHB’s nationalistic attitude rears its head in Fattis Mansions, Cape York incidents

Residents from both buildings were relocated to the fields of Wembley Stadium in Johannesburg South after losing their homes.

By Staff Reporter
Judges can no longer lawfully order evictions that leave people homeless
Article
/ 9 June 2017

Judges can no longer lawfully order evictions that leave people homeless

In a landmark judgement, the Constitutional Court said that judges have an obligation to ensure that evictions will not leave people homeless

By Raeesa Pather
Our world ended with a letter
Article
/ 27 February 2015

Our world ended with a letter

Those displaced still hope to see justice 50 years after their eviction from District Six.

By Staff Reporter
The crime which went away
Article
/ 5 April 2012

The crime which went away

Despite the black majority gaining electoral power, the long standing effects of forced removals remain and perpetuate inequalities in our society.

By Staff Reporter
Helderzicht removal ‘just not cricket’
Article
/ 23 September 2011

Helderzicht removal ‘just not cricket’

Joan Poole recalls with clarity the traumatic moment more than 40 years ago when she heard her family would have to move from their home.

By Glynnis Underhill
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Article
/ 19 November 2008

Displaced for decades, Bushmen return home in Namibia

An elderly woman slowly looks around her new farmland, her wrinkled face lighting up with a shy little smile as suddenly she claps her hands.

By Staff Reporter

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