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Cape Town’s executive director for safety and security, Richard Bosman, said in a statement on Wednesday night that an investigation into the incident is under way, with disciplinary proceedings expected to be implemented.
CAPE TOWN

Lwandle report handed to Sisulu

The work of Minister Lindiwe Sisulu’s inquiry into the eviction of 800 families from Sanral land is complete. Now she will review its recommendations.

  • Richard Davies Author
2 min read
Metro police arrive to enforce evictions at Marikana settlement
KHAYELITSHA

What the law has to say about evictions

The recent spate of evictions in the Western Cape must make the right to housing ring hollow for those left homeless, writes Sandra Liebenberg.

  • Sandra Liebenberg
14 min read
DA leader Helen Zille.
EVICTIONS

Zille likens Lwandle inquiry to a ‘hit squad’

DA leader Helen Zille has questioned why committees were not set up to probe evictions of illegal shack dwellers in other provinces.

  • Jenna Etheridge
4 min read
Former Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu. Photo: Supplied
CHANTALL PRESENCE

SA’s ‘sad story of housing’ – Lindiwe Sisulu

The housing delivery rate fell by 25% in the past five years and the backlog stands at 2.3-million, said Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu.

  • Emsie Ferreira
2 min read
Lwandle residents are to be moved back to the land they were evicted from.
LWANDLE

Evicted Lwandle residents to be moved back

An inquiry into the removal of shack dwellers in Lwandle has heard they will be moved back to the Sanral-owned land they were evicted from.

  • Sapa
3 min read
CITY OF CAPE TOWN

Lwandle evictees still without land

The human settlements ministry says no decision has been made yet on where evicted shack dwellers will be moved to in Cape Town.

  • Jenna Etheridge
3 min read
The South African Human Rights Commission and housing activists brought — and won — an application to halt lockdown demolitions of what the City of Cape Town said were unoccupied dwellings
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

Politics the ‘real story’ behind Lwandle evictions, says Zille

The DA leader says the evictions at Lwandle were the fault of the ANC’s Ses’Khona "storm troopers".

  • Sapa
2 min read
Around 846 families living on Sanral land next to the N2 highway in Lwandle were evicted on Monday and Tuesday because of an interim court order.
EVICTIONS

SAHRC investigates Lwandle ​evictions

The SAHRC has condemned the "excessive use of force" used during the evictions, and says it is concerned about the manner in which they were executed.

  • Sapa
2 min read
The assertion by Minister Lindiwe Sisulu that she failed to act on the information she had at her disposal may have serious implications for her going forward, particularly in her campaign to become ANC president at its next elective conference.
HELEN ZILLE

Sisulu appoints commission to investigate Lwandle evictions

Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has appointed four former MPs and two legal minds to investigate the eviction of land invaders in Nomzamo.

  • Andisiwe Makinana
5 min read
ANALYSIS

Avert forced removals by giving the rich’s land to the poor

The Lwandle evictions are symptomatic of a broader issue: our growing housing crisis.

  • Jared Sacks
6 min read
Cape Town’s executive director for safety and security, Richard Bosman, said in a statement on Wednesday night that an investigation into the incident is under way, with disciplinary proceedings expected to be implemented.
EVICTIONS

Sisulu plans inquiry into Lwandle evictions processes

Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has criticised the way Sanral and the City of Cape Town handled the evictions at Lwandle.

  • Sapa
2 min read
Cape Town’s executive director for safety and security, Richard Bosman, said in a statement on Wednesday night that an investigation into the incident is under way, with disciplinary proceedings expected to be implemented.
DIPUO PETERS

Transport Minister Peters apologises for Lwandle evictions

Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has apologised on behalf of government for the evictions in Lwandle but called on the community to work with them.

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
The South African Human Rights Commission and housing activists brought — and won — an application to halt lockdown demolitions of what the City of Cape Town said were unoccupied dwellings
ANC

Three held for public violence after Lwandle evictions

Three people have been arrested for public violence during evictions in Lwandle, when petrol bombs and tyres were set alight.

  • Sapa
3 min read
Police restrain a resident during evictions on Tuesday morning.
ANC

Lwandle evictions punishment for not voting DA, says ANC

People from Lwandle informal settlement in Strand have been evicted because they did not vote for the DA in the elections, says the ANC.

  • Sapa
3 min read
FOOD POISONING

Food poisoning hits Cape Town township

A total of 151 people were treated for food poisoning in Cape Town over the weekend, the city’s Disaster Risk Management Centre said on Monday.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read