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Residential Property

Landmark ruling reinforces registered ownership rights

14 Jul 2026

Supreme Court: Consumer Protection Act doesn't apply to home rentals

Land & Property Law

Supreme Court: Consumer Protection Act doesn't apply to home rentals

Armand Swart 8 Jul 2026

Source: Supplied. The National Council of Provinces.

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Warning for land-grab inciters: new bill could mean R2m fine

7 Jul 2026

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Affordable & Social Housing

South Africa’s social housing under strain as occupation disputes escalate, Nasho warns

25 Jun 2026

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Land & Property Law

SCA denies Tshwane's land expropriation bid, enforces eviction order

Bulelwa Mabasa 22 Jun 2026

Source: GroundUp/Joseph Bracken.

Affordable & Social Housing

Hundreds protest new land occupation law in Durban and Joburg

Joseph Bracken, Ihsaan Haffejee and Tsoanelo Sefoloko 17 Jun 2026

Housing activists protesting at the Cape Town Civic Centre in 2021. Archive photo: Liezl Human/GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Draft Bill on evictions puts tenants at risk

Lee-Anne Gaertner, Thuto Gabaphethe, Lulama Madyaka and Robert Krause 10 Jun 2026

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Residential Property

1,000+ retirement schemes on notice after shock widower-eviction defeat

4 Jun 2026

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Property

Warning to South African landlords: Student housing crackdown and R180,000 legal shocks

1 Jun 2026

Source: GroundUp/Matthew Hirsch.

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Housing activists oppose eviction bill

Matthew Hirsch 27 May 2026

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Affordable & Social Housing

Eviction law reform sparks debate over housing rights and market access

Renier Kriek 14 May 2026

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Land & Property Law

New eviction bill aims to protect small landlords, empower municipalities

17 Apr 2026

Source: GroundUp/Ashraf Hendricks

Affordable & Social Housing

District Six families vow to fight eviction

Matthew Hirsch 18 Feb 2026

Source: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp. Five District Six families, who withstood apartheid’s forced removals, have been ordered to vacate these Victorian cottages.

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

District Six families ordered to vacate Searle Street cottages

Tania Broughton 15 Jan 2026

The Western Cape High Court has overturned an eviction order against 78-year-old Noor-Banu Allie, a District Six pensioner. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Bid to evict District Six pensioner dismissed

Marecia Damons 19 Nov 2025

Phathutshedzo Mukwevho stands next to the demolished structure of Humbulani Nenzhelele. Photo: Maanda Bele / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Land spat highlights tension between traditional and formal law

Maanda Bele 16 Oct 2025

Land & Property Law

Eviction notices issued to occupants of hijacked State properties

1 Sep 2025

Residential Property

What South Africa can learn from failed rent control policies worldwide

18 Aug 2025

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Judge slams Gauteng land grab

Tania Broughton 16 May 2025

The Western Cape High Court has set aside an eviction order for occupiers of a City of Cape Town property in Observatory. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Court sets aside eviction of circus occupiers

Tania Broughton 2 Apr 2025

The Supreme Court of Appeal has slammed former judge president John Hlophe for meddling in a straightforward eviction case. Photo: Ben Bezuidenhout via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Land & Property Law

John Hlophe’s meddling in eviction matter slammed by appeal court

Tania Broughton 13 Nov 2024

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Human Rights Law

Cape Town's homeless eviction ruling: Struggle between rights and safety

Bukhobethu Matyeni 10 Jul 2024

Source: Grant Smee, managing director of Only Realty Property Group.

Property

Tenant eviction in South Africa - What are your rights as landlord?

13 Oct 2023

Preparations for construction of houses in District Six in July 2020 revealed old streets and foundations. Archive photo: Jeffrey Abrahams / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Court rules that District Six eviction was unlawful

Tania Broughton 11 Oct 2021

The City of Cape Town has defended its demolition of a tent camp on 23 August that had been set up by homeless people near the Green Point Tennis Club. Photo: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

Human Rights Law

City of Cape Town defends its demolition of Green Point tent camp in court

Marecia Damons 6 Sep 2021

What expenses are covered by the rental deposit?

Residential Property

What expenses are covered by the rental deposit?

Adrian Goslett 5 Oct 2020

CT High Court rules on illegal evictions

Land & Property Law

CT High Court rules on illegal evictions

16 Jul 2020

Covid-19: Evictions during and after lockdown

Retail & Hospitality Property

Covid-19: Evictions during and after lockdown

Galia Bloch 30 Apr 2020

How the law affects your rental property, in a nutshell

Rental

How the law affects your rental property, in a nutshell

Natalie Muller 11 Jul 2019

Housing activists occupy Green Point Bowling Club

Affordable & Social Housing

Housing activists occupy Green Point Bowling Club

Peter Luhanga 2 May 2019

City ordered to compensate homeless for destruction of their possessions

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

City ordered to compensate homeless for destruction of their possessions

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 8 Apr 2019

Court gives Hermanus occupiers till June to oppose eviction

Land & Property Law

Court gives Hermanus occupiers till June to oppose eviction

Thembela Ntongana 5 Feb 2019

7 common mistakes to avoid when cancelling a lease agreement

Land & Property Law

7 common mistakes to avoid when cancelling a lease agreement

Anja van Wijk and Chantelle Gladwin-Wood 4 Feb 2019

When can a landlord evict law-abiding tenants to renovate?

Rental

When can a landlord evict law-abiding tenants to renovate?

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 5 Dec 2018

Increase in tenant fraud is taking its toll

Rental

Increase in tenant fraud is taking its toll

Gary Palmer 12 Nov 2018

Landlords or tenants - who has more rights?

Rental

Landlords or tenants - who has more rights?

22 Jan 2018

Understanding the importance of the tenant screening process

Rental

Understanding the importance of the tenant screening process

18 Sep 2017

Farmers encouraged to work with police in dealing with land invasion, trespassing

Agriculture

Farmers encouraged to work with police in dealing with land invasion, trespassing

15 Jun 2017

Acsa gets acting finance head

Aviation

Acsa gets acting finance head

Karl Gernetzky 13 Jan 2017

Access free legal support system through Rental Housing Tribunal

Retail & Hospitality Property

Access free legal support system through Rental Housing Tribunal

26 Oct 2016

How to handle a defaulting tenant

Rental

How to handle a defaulting tenant

Adrian Goslett 18 Aug 2016

Book stacked for distribution at an Exclusive Books holding warehouse in Cape Town. Exclusive is fighting to hold on to its stores in the OR Tambo and Cape Town airports.
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Retailers

Exclusive Books readies for next court fight to keep airport stores

Hilary Joffe 29 Jun 2016

Eviction: prevention better than cure

Facilities & Property Management

Eviction: prevention better than cure

5 May 2016

Squatters' Constitutional rights to housing

Property

Squatters' Constitutional rights to housing

Kelly Lee Jenkins 9 Oct 2015

Cutting services to property

Land & Property Law

Cutting services to property

Chantelle Gladwin and Ramon Pereira 13 May 2015

Tourism boycott of Botswana called for after government ignores court ruling

Tourism & Travel

Tourism boycott of Botswana called for after government ignores court ruling

8 Jul 2014