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It has been 55 years since residents were forcibly removed by the apartheid government from District Six in Cape Town, and now claimants are finally gearing up to return home.
Restitution read moreContrary to claims in a 2019 Daily Maverick article, Mkambathi on the Eastern Cape Wild Coast is neither being sold nor privatised. Quite the contrary: what is being negotiated is a lease of huge financial value to both the community and the government, with the private investor taking all the risks – and conservation being the winner.
Restitution read moreDunn, a hunter and businessman, became a great friend of King Cetshwayo, who made him the province's only white chief. In keeping with tradition, such status came with tracts of land, cattle and permission to marry many women.
Restitution read moreOnce it was reputed to be the biggest citrus farm in the southern hemisphere, but it’s now on the brink of collapse. Lucas Ledwaba captured the Zebediela Citrus Estate’s dilapidated state in pictures as efforts are underway to restore its shine.
Restitution read moreIn this timely history, John Laband carefully examines how white settlers in the Cape systematically dispossessed African societies of their land.
Restitution read moreIn the heart of the former inner-city residential area and in an old Methodist church in Cape Town, the District Six Museum has been a defense against forgetting since 1994. “There is very little wholesale acknowledgement of the impact of the Group Areas Act on South Africa. So the fact that if you’re going to […]
Restitution read moreWell managed land reform projects create value for the poor, balances relationships between private sector organisations and communities and promote sustainable rural development.
Restitution read moreThe Prudhoe community in the Eastern Cape have finally claimed victory as the Constitutional Court awarded them the restitution of 26 farms.
Restitution read moreConstitutional Court rules in favour of Prudhoe community in the Eastern Cape
Restitution read moreThe fact that the City is using the 2012 plan as a point of departure for our ongoing engagements with residents in refining a Local Spatial Development Framework for District Six demonstrates our commitment to social justice and redress.
Restitution read moreA project of Phuhlisani NPC supported by Absa. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. International License.