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04 May 2021
IOL
The City said the Covid-19 regulations and two court cases continue to negatively impact its powers as a landowner and enforcer of by-laws to remove occupants from the District Six restitution land.
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02 May 2021
SABC
The City of Cape Town has obtained an urgent interdict in the High Court against the possible invasion of District Six restituted land.
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02 May 2021
Zoutnet
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22 April 2021
IOL
Muzikawukhelwana Ncube, a former court interpreter, has been nominated by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) as a judge to the Land Claims Court in KwaZulu-Natal
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25 April 2021
SABC
Some land claimants from Dzumeri outside Giyani in Limpopo, are accusing the Land Claims Commission of withholding their R10-million in compensation funds.
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20 April 2021
GroundUp
City of Cape Town says refuse is collected weekly
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14 April 2021
IOL
After eight years, the conceptual plans for the housing of the remaining 954 District Six land claimants for restitution has been completed.
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11 April 2021
IOL
The District Six Working Group, said in the letter: ’We note that the Department has committed a total of R351 million to the redevelopment of District Six and the estimated budget is R1.87 billion at present.’
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27 March 2021
IOL
The Land Claims Commission is battling it out with land claimants in more than 300 land reform cases before various courts across the country.
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01 March 2021
Daily Maverick
Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola, has outlined the contents of the Land Court Bill which was approved by Cabinet last week, saying it will deal with issues including expropriation and outstanding claims. The Bill is yet to be gazetted.
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Western Cape inclusionary housing policy framework open for comment https://www.westerncape.gov.za/eadp/news/western-cape-inclusionary-housing-policy-framework-open-comment
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If we are looking for the intersection of opportunism and desperation this has to be it.
“Those selling the land of the dead are greedy for money, We grew up knowing that we must respect the dead".
https://www.groundup.org.za/article/graves-desecrated-for-housing-in-pietermaritzburg/
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