“Community fury over land invasion” – Sedibeng Ster
26 May 2017 “Hundreds of residents from as far as Orange Farms, Lenasia and surrounding areas invaded private land in Waterdal behind Zone 10 near Boiketlong recently. [...]
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“SANDF accused of trying to illegally evict Marievale residents” – news24
26 May 2017 By Jenni Evans “The SANDF is trying to illegally evict around 600 people living on a run-down military base in Marievale, east of Johannesburg, the [...]
“Justifying land expropriation – public purpose, public interest” – Bizcommunity
26 May 2017 “Section 25(2) of the Constitution sets out the requirements for a lawful expropriation of property, one of which is that the expropriation must be for a [...]
“Two busses set alight” – news24
25 May 2017 By Mbongiseni Maseko “KDF has condemned the latest string of illegal land invasions and the setting alight of a Golden Arrow bus on Monday. This was raised [...]
“Economists Warn South Africa Against Land Seizures” – The Trumpet
24 May 2017 By Andrew Miiller “Political economist Moeletsi Mbeki recently warned that Zimbabwe-style land seizures do not actually lead to economic liberation. He [...]
“Gauteng Premier warns about illegal land grabs” – The New Age
23 May 2017 “Formal housing in Gauteng has increased from 74% to 81%, while housing in informal settlements decreased from 23% to 17%, says Gauteng Premier David [...]
“Biggest land occupation in Cape Town in recent years is taking place” – GroundUp
23 May 2017 By Ashleigh Furlong “Tensions simmered in Khayelitsha yesterday as residents flouted interdicts preventing occupation of open land at a number of sites. [...]
“Westville land invasions growing ‘quite intense’ ” – iolNews
23 May 2017 By Nosipho Mngoma “Westville residents will petition the eThekwini Municipality to deal with land invasions after attempts were made to build informal [...]
“Land reform is ANC’s political game – FF Plus” – Farmer’s Weekly
23 May 2017 By Jeandré du Preez “In his budget vote speech, Nkwinti said that the allocated budget for the 2017/2018 financial year was R10,18 billion, of which more [...]
“White people must stay away from Land Imbizo, warns Mngxitama” – iolNews
23 May 2017 “Black First Land First (BLF) president, Andile Mngxitama, said on Tuesday that white people were not invited to a land gathering that his movement was [...]
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