A decade-long battle to stave off eviction has come to an end
Residents, tired of not being heard, have taken to occupying vacant land, demanding the council supply them with water and lights
A week in the life of a Soweto flâneur and the characters of the township he encounters
The City has until Thursday to file a report on the alternative accommodation for Fattis residents.
NGOs highlight the major legal issues that are disregarded when evictions take place
In a landmark judgement, the Constitutional Court said that judges have an obligation to ensure that evictions will not leave people homeless
Residents of Hammanskraal, near Pretoria, stood their ground against forced evictions that left two people dead and thousands more destitute.
About 1000 Jeppestown residents are homeless after being evicted and their building burned down – and authorities have still not come to their aid.
An increase in illegal occupations of buildings is hampering inner city rejuvenation in Johannesburg.
Costly "compassion training" doesn’t seem to be working on the infamous eviction crew, who are seen to have little regard for people or possessions.
People illegally occupying an inner-city building were evicted in an unconstitutional Red Ants operation, leaving them homeless on the streets of Jo’burg.
Illegal occupiers of private properties are still being evicted without alternative accommodation arrangements despite a ConCourt ruling in December.
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/ 19 November 2008
Protesting Johannesburg inner-city residents handed over a memorandum of their grievances to the ANC on Wednesday.
Six people have died in a fire that broke out in the Kruger Park flats in Pretoria. The fire was allegedly started to protest against evictions.