Evictions

Six years in the making, the pair’s film explores racial and economic inequality in Cape Town

The Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act requires only that evictees be provided with alternative accommodation

Protracted effort by authorities to evict the pastoralists in Loliondo for safari tourism has led to violent confrontation

The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality does little to improve the living conditions in shack settlements in Gqeberha, residents say

A family’s struggle against alleged intimidation and failure to act by the authorities mirrors the daily challenges farm dwellers face

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…

It is possible to urbanise without congestion and the attendant ills through emphasis on better institutions, writes Eddie Rakabe

The city argues that it is not carrying out evictions, but is acting against land invasions

The City of Cape Town in June twice knocked down structures on land allocated for other purposes. The city says these were not evictions; residents ask why no police are…

Four police officers are being investigated after a video of them evicting a man, who had been bathing at the time, was circulated on social media

Rent Strike South Africa says working-class families are struggling to keep up with paying rent during the lockdown. And, although there is a moratorium on evictions, it fears…

But City authorities vow to stop the erection of new shacks during the national lockdown

Twenty-seven organisations have penned a letter to the presidency calling for evictions to be banned in an effort to protect vulnerable groups

Affordable housing is one of Kenya’s development priorities. But how does it aim to achieve this when it continues to render thousands homeless?

As eThekwini tries to evict transit camp residents, some say it was to retaliate against land activists