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latest news & developmentsNo dignity in displacement: Tenure insecurity in the Winelands
The conditions of people who work and live in South Africa’s farms today have remained the same as under apartheid. Will the new amendments in legislation bring about change?
Female & Guardian | ‘Policies skewed against women’
UN report finds discrimination against women in land and housing programmes
Report urges legal recognition of family homes to protect women and children
A new report from the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa found that family disputes threaten tenure security, which often results in eviction and homelessness
Court ruling ordering alternative housing for homeless in Cape Town is welcomed
The city agreed to amend shelter rules to make them more humane and compliant with the Constitution
Rights group Seri closes over online threats after it prevented the eviction of street traders
The Socio-Economic Rights Institute alleges the threats came after public statements by ActionSA city councillor Nkululeko Mbundu
Marikana court case back to haunt Ramaphosa
Lawyers seeking R1-billion in damages allege President Cyril Ramaphosa’s phone calls and emails in 2012 set the stage for the unlawful killing of 34 miners
‘We can’t stop fighting for our dignity’: ConCourt hears RDP housing saga
One community’s 25-year battle has roped in the president, the Special Investigating Unit, public protector’s office and the highest court for an RDP house that means more than a…
What will it take for the police to stop killing our citizens?
Even when their brutality is caught on camera and shown on television, officers seem to walk away scot-free
The system to save failed councils needs a significant overhaul
Researchers found that interventions only come after the municipality has already collapsed, that the turnaround time is impossibly short, and that constitutional steps have been…
EFF tackles apartheid legislation
While the ANC in Parliament found itself defending the presence of FW de Klerk at the State of the Nation address last week, the government was also — in court this time —…
Marikana talks stagger on
Those negotiating for miners’ families say the state has been nothing but bloody-minded
‘We’re going to change the Jo’burg skyline’
A new mixed-income housing plan in Jo’burg includes refurbishing ‘hijacked’ buildings