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  • Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane appears in the Western Cape High Court on 17 May 2019. Picture: Monique Mortlock/EWN

    Other govt depts, private sector must help fund D6 development, court told

    Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane appeared in the Western Cape High Court on Friday, to give answers on government’s progress on the restitution for hundreds of District Six land claimants.

    1143 days ago
  • Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane appears in the Western Cape High Court on 17 May 2019. Picture: Monique Mortlock/EWN

    Nkoana-Mashabane arrives at court for District Six land restitution case

    Last month, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane was ordered to appear in the Western Cape High Court in a restitution case involving hundreds of land claimants.

    1144 days ago
  • FILE: A block of social housing currently being built in District Six. The flats are part of the government's restitution agreement with the District Six land claimants. Picture: EWN

    D6 committee open to discussing restitution matters with Land Reform Dept

    Land Reform Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has been ordered to appear before the Western Cape High Court on Friday.

    1146 days ago
  • Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane. Picture: GCIS

    District Six land claimants hope for answers as court day looms for minister

    Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has been ordered to appear in the High Court on 17 May.

    1147 days ago
  • FILE: A block of social housing currently being built in District Six. The flats are part of the government's restitution agreement with the District Six land claimants. Picture: EWN

    District 6 Working Committee: Courts needed to move land claims process along

    On Wednesday, the Western Cape High Court ordered the Rural Development and Land Reform Minister to explain what government has done to deliver restitution to the hundreds of land claimants who've been waiting over twenty years.

    1173 days ago
  • District Six land claimants look at pictures of the area before its demolition. Picture: Bertram Malgas/EWN

    ‘It's going to be the same thing’ - Mistrust clouds District Six land claim win

    While some claimants have hailed the ruling ordering the land minister to appear in court as yet another major victory, some were sceptical.

    1173 days ago
  • Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane. Picture: GCIS

    Nkoana-Mashabane ordered to appear before court in land claims matter

    Hundreds of land claimants are seeking answers from the State on when restitution in the form of land will be delivered.

    1173 days ago
  • District Six land claimants at a meeting held by the District 6 Working Committee. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN

    Land claimants bring contempt of court application against minister

    The District Six Working Committee is one of the applicants in the court case against national government, which will be heard today in the Western Cape High Court.

    1174 days ago
  • FILE: A block of social housing currently being built in District Six. The flats are part of the government's restitution agreement with the District Six land claimants. Picture: EWN

    Land claims commissioner: Govt acknowledges pain of District Six land claimants

    Hundreds of verified claimants are in limbo as litigation between the State and residents’ representatives continue.

    1175 days ago
  • District Six residents at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology on 14 April 2019. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN

    District Six committee to head back to court over land claims

    The District Six Working Committee will head back to court this week to get answers from government as to when hundreds of claimants will receive a home.

    1175 days ago
  • District Six land claimants at a meeting held by the District 6 Working Committee. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN

    Land Claims commissioner: District Six land restitution a complex matter

    The Commission on Restitution of Land Rights along with the Rural Development and Land Reform Minister and several others have been taken to court by land claimants.

    1176 days ago
  • DA Premier Helen Zille at the CPUT addressing District Six land claimants. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN

    Zille says she supports District Six land claimants heading to court

    Zille addressed District Six restitution claimants at the Cape Penisula University of Technology (CPUT) in Cape Town on Sunday.

    1176 days ago
  • Freedom Front Plus Western Cape leader Corne Mulder says the District Six housing project should have been handled at a provincial - and not national level. Picture: Kevin Brandt/EWN

    FF Plus and ANC trade barbs over District Six redevelopment project

    FF Plus believes the redevelopment project could have been completed sooner had it been handled locally.

    1180 days ago
  • FILE: District Six residents at the Western Cape High Court on 26 November 2018 for their land restitution case against the government. Picture: Monique Mortlock /EWN

    Govt takes action as District Six land claimants seek restitution

    The Western Cape High Court in November last year ordered various parties involved in the case to come up with a plan to satisfy the restitution of the claimants.

    1217 days ago
  • District Six residents at the Western Cape High Court on 26 November 2018 for their land restitution case against the government. Picture: Monique Mortlock /EWN

    Court rules in favour of District Six land claimants seeking restitution

    About 20 years ago, just over 2,000 District Six residents who were forcibly removed during apartheid lodged claims. They wanted their land back.

    1315 days ago
  • FILE: Ongoing delays has led to widespread frustration among claimants. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN.

    District 6 committee calls mass meeting amid corruption claims

    The organisation will host a meeting on Saturday following ongoing delays in settling land restitution.

    2460 days ago
  • FILE: In 2013 activists occupied vacant homes in the District Six development. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN.

    District Six claimants want answers

    Claimants want Nkwinti to explain the delay in settling claims despite a 2014 deadline set by the President.

    2505 days ago
  • FILE IMAGE. The previous two phases of the District Six Redevelopment Project saw the construction of 24 houses and 115 units, which are currently occupied. Picture: EWN

    Phase 3 of District Six construction launched

    The dream of moving back to District Six will soon become a reality for some claimants.

    2969 days ago
  • District Six flat invaders refuse to budge on 21 June 2013. Picture: Graeme Raubenheimer/EWN

    District Six invaders fight court ruling

    About 60 people illegally invaded 19 District Six flats about a month ago.

    3278 days ago
  • District Six flat invaders refuse to budge on 21 June 2013. Picture: Graeme Raubenheimer/EWN

    Khoisan activists leave flats

    Speaking to Eyewitness News on Monday, security guards said they have not seen the activists.

    3296 days ago
  • Some activists are leaving the District Six Housing Project on 21 June 2013. Picture: Graeme Raubenheimer/EWN

    Khoisan group say they won't budge

    Despite two court evictions Khoisan activists are adamant won’t move from District Six.

    3298 days ago
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