Stay on top of the rich stream of news and views about rural and urban land issues. Our content curation team are working to sort and sift through news and opinion pieces to bring you the most relevant and up to date articles.

Urban land


Card image 13 May 2025 GroundUp

Dunoon erupts in protest after the City of Cape Town knocks down walls in informal settlement

Residents have been replacing shacks with brick and mortar homes

Urban land read more
Card image 14 May 2025 IOL

The true value of land: it’s not who owns it, but how it’s used

The resolution of the land question is not only morally and politically right, but it is also an economic imperative in South Africa.

Urban land read more
13 May 2025 Daily Maverick

Launch of landmark R27-billion Southern Farms development flames housing hopes for Joburg South residents

Urban land read more
Card image 07 May 2025 GroundUp

Chaos in Flagstaff as municipality demolishes homes ‘sold’ by chief

Municipality says property is earmarked for development

Urban land read more
Card image 29 April 2025 GroundUp

Langa families were moved to a “temporary” area in 2002. They are still there

Their living conditions are dire

Urban land read more
Card image 08 April 2025 GroundUp

Western Cape promises progress on inner-city housing projects

Several social housing projects in Cape Town will go to tender this year

Urban land read more
Card image 10 April 2025 GroundUp

Landmark judgment on evictions in Johannesburg

City ordered to pay compensation to owner of “hijacked” building because of delay in providing alternative accommodation to residents

Urban land read more
Card image 10 April 2025 GroundUp

Department of Public Works bungles Darling Street eviction application

State Attorney did not communicate with residents and failed to enrol the case properly

Urban land read more
25 March 2025 IOL

Abahlali baseMjondolo defends land occupation, fights evictions in court

Abahlali baseMjondolo returns to court to defend land occupation rights for poor black South Africans, challenging evictions and highlighting the failures of rural municipalities in providing basic services.

Urban land read more
28 March 2025 GroundUp

Fed up with promises of housing: Langa residents march to Cape Town Civic Centre

Urban land read more

Stay informed.

Sign up for our monthly newsletter - coming soon.

Contact Us


Twitter feed is not available at the moment.

A project of Phuhlisani NPC supported by Absa. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. International License.