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Source: GroundUp/Matthew Hirsch.

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Housing activists oppose eviction bill

Matthew Hirsch 27 May 2026

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Land & Property Law

New eviction bill aims to protect small landlords, empower municipalities

17 Apr 2026

Source: Ihsaan Haffejee/GroundUp.

Affordable & Social Housing

Assassinated Abahlali leader praised for fighting land grab “mafia"

Ihsaan Haffejee 23 Feb 2026

How to respond to Cape Town's surge in land occupations

Affordable & Social Housing

How to respond to Cape Town's surge in land occupations

Adi Kumar 28 Jul 2020

Housing crisis more complex than it seems

Affordable & Social Housing

Housing crisis more complex than it seems

Jens Horber 7 Jul 2020

Court orders City of Cape Town to leave Obs occupiers alone

Land & Property Law

Court orders City of Cape Town to leave Obs occupiers alone

21 May 2020

Province raps city's knuckles over state of rivers

Infrastructure & Utilities

Province raps city's knuckles over state of rivers

Steve Kretzmann 21 Feb 2020

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Agriculture

Land reform report big on historical context, sketchy on the future

Professor Nhlanhla Cyril Mbatha 15 Aug 2019

Attitudes towards land occupations have to change, say researchers

Affordable & Social Housing

Attitudes towards land occupations have to change, say researchers

Velani Ludidi 30 Jul 2019

Gauteng wants blanket court interdict on land occupations

Land & Property Law

Gauteng wants blanket court interdict on land occupations

Zoë Postman 25 Jul 2019

Bid to have Lonmin's mining licence suspended

Corporate & Commercial Law

Bid to have Lonmin's mining licence suspended

Ciaran Ryan 24 Oct 2018

Over 500 people have occupied land owned by Oasis Crescent Property company. Photo: Bernard Chiguvare

Affordable & Social Housing

Land occupiers in Philippi want city to buy Oasis land

Bernard Chiguvare 19 Oct 2018

Government looks to expedite implementation of land reform, restitution

Property

Government looks to expedite implementation of land reform, restitution

15 Oct 2018

Land occupations across the country have skyrocketed this year. New approaches are needed to solve the housing shortage. Archive photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana

Affordable & Social Housing

Can subsidised rentals help solve the housing crisis?

GroundUp editors 28 Jun 2018

Western Cape MEC for Human Settlements Bonginkosi Madikizela addressed the spate of land occupations in a press conference on Thursday, 14 June. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana

Affordable & Social Housing

We can't house everyone, says Bonginkosi Madikizela

Mary-Anne Gontsana 18 Jun 2018

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Agriculture

Land uncertainty 'hobbles agriculture'

Bekezela Phakathi 23 Aug 2016

Wine industry could create 100,000 jobs in a decade: VinPro

Agriculture

Wine industry could create 100,000 jobs in a decade: VinPro

23 Jan 2015

Top Trends

[Trends 2015] Business and consumer trends for 2015

Dion Chang 16 Jan 2015

Media

Justice takes another beating in Zimbabwe

9 May 2007