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Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato said the city has responded to more than 100 land occupation incidents, in 30 different parts of the metro. Plato said more than 50 000 illegal structures had been removed.

Housing activists want probe into City of Cape Town ‘spying’

The City of Cape Town admits it monitors the social-media pages of housing activists but denies that this is spying, as tensions surrounding land occupations increase

(Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)

Mogoeng on Israel: Bad faith and ‘impunified disregard’ for international law?

The chief justice needs to publicly account for his comments, by either walking them back or explaining his change of heart on international law and its institutions

‘But as South Africa continues to battle its many challenges, the fibres of this social contract are slowly becoming frayed,’ writes Thanduxolo Nkala. (David Harrison/M&G)

DA accuses ANC of instigating Western Cape land protests

Communities in Parkwood, Vrygrond, Ocean View and Mitchell’s Plein have occupied vacant land in protest against the lack of housing in the province

‘But as South Africa continues to battle its many challenges, the fibres of this social contract are slowly becoming frayed,’ writes Thanduxolo Nkala. (David Harrison/M&G)

‘Gatvol’ Capetonians stir up tensions

It’s not just about land. Now the Cape Town protests are also pitting coloured people against their black neighbours

Hundreds of people who had built shacks on state land in Tafelsig on the Cape Flats were removed by police. Most had moved out of their backyard shacks in Mitchells Plain

City of Cape Town pushes for “zero tolerance” on land protests

A priority committee is set to be established within the SAPS to deal with land protests after city officials requested more action

(Mohammed Jameel Abdulla)

PE homeowners complain about land occupiers

A resident, who said she feared reprisals if named, said: ‘Ever since the ‘squatters’ came… we are facing a torrid time…’

Minister of Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe is expected to give evidence before the Zondo commission. (Mujahid Safodien/AFP)

Mantashe condemns land occupation in the Western Cape

On the first day of land reform dialogue, the minister of mineral resources condemned land occupation in the Overberg town of Hermanus

Moroccan forces destroy a camp near Western Sahara’s capital in 2019. Photo: File

Western Sahara debate reignited

A word from the UN’s Ban Ki-moon and an EU trade pact have sent Morocco into a fury.

Former US President George W Bush also wooed Saudi King Abdullah. Changes in the economy and politics have seen Saudi’s clout take a hefty knock

The EFF forges on with the invasion of unoccupied land

The EFF announces its land occupation programme, calling for the invasion of unoccupied land across the country.