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24 January 2022
GroundUp
Court hears arguments over R4.5 billion development which would include an Amazon headquarters
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11 January 2022
IOL
Landmark River Club case returns to high court. The Observatory Civic Association and the indigenous Khoi organisation take on the Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust (LLPT), seeking an interdict to stop them from steaming ahead with construction on the River Club site.
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27 November 2021
IOL
The custodians of land belonging to the Dwars River Valley community have expressed concerns over the increased occupation despite a court order.
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29 November 2021
IOL
Zikode retained his position for the fifth time in six congress meetings since the movement’s inception in 2005.
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23 November 2021
GroundUp
The City says it is unable to assist because their shacks are on private land
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16 November 2021
News 24
The drawn-out battle with regard to the evicted residents of Cape Town's Bromwell Street will be heading to the Supreme Court of Appeal.
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16 November 2021
SowetanLive
Dozens of properties were destroyed in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria after they had been built in an illegally-occupied land sparking violent protests.
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14 November 2021
CapeTalk
Disaster Risk scholar Trish Zweig tells Sara-Jayne King about helping these young men open up about the challenges they face.
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08 November 2021
New Frame
The socialist commune Abahlali baseMjondolo built from the eKhenana land occupation in Durban has won international admiration and solidarity, but it now faces a new wave of repression.
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10 November 2021
GroundUp
Yet the municipality claims the area is cleaned and serviced regularly
Urban land read moreInsights in Burundi’s complex and contested history: Excellent African History series African Biographics
Dictator Michel Micombero and Burundi's Untold Painful History https://youtu.be/9tHexWPlVHY via @YouTube
Landmark River Club case tests heritage rights http://www.groundup.org.za/article/landmark-river-club-case-tests-heritage-rights/
Too much rain means no grain: Farmers and industry watchers look skyward for a sunny reprieve https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-01-23-too-much-rain-means-no-grain-farmers-and-industry-watchers-look-skyward-for-a-sunny-reprieve/
Western Cape in a sweat during weekend of intense heat and multiple fires https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-01-23-western-cape-in-a-sweat-during-weekend-of-intense-heat-and-multiple-fires/
Ducking and diving Mantashe plays the sinister foreigner card https://mybroadband.co.za/news/energy/431128-childrens-fund-and-uct-are-behind-campaign-attacking-me-mantashe.html via @mybroadband
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