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FILE: Police on the scene of a land invasion in Somerset West. Picture: @senkamin/Twitter

Land grabs

Despite decrease in land grabs, WC govt spends over R53m on security

By Kaylynn Palm

The Western Cape Human Settlements Department said since April its spent over R53 million to secure state land.

  • FILE: Residents build structures on land they've illegally occupied. Picture: Mia Lindeque/Eyewitness

    CoCT records 94 land grab attempts in April

    However, the Western Cape Human Settlements Department on Monday said this was down compared to last year's figures.

    447 days ago
  • The new homes built for 108 District Six claimants as part of the restitution plan as seen in February 2021. Picture: Graig-Lee Smith/Eyewitness News.

    CoCT obtains court interdict against land grabbers in District Six

    Makeshift shelters have been popping up on a piece of land earmarked for development.

    469 days ago
  • FILE: A group of people attempt to illegally occupy land in Rabie Ridge, Midrand on 15 April 2019.. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/Eyewitness News.

    CoJ condemns ‘lawlessness’ in Rabie Ridge as residents settle on private land

    There have been running battles between private security guards, police and protestors in the Midrand area.

    490 days ago
  • FILE: Ennerdale residents illegally erecting shacks on a piece of land. Picture: Mia Lindeque/EWN

    As occupations gather pace, SA landowners fear for their property

    Twenty-six years into democracy following the end of apartheid, land ownership remains a thorny issue in South Africa, which is one of the world’s most unequal countries, according to the World Bank.

    707 days ago
  • Residents from Khayelitsha, Philippi East, Kraaifontein and Hout Bay protesting out Cape Town’s Civic Centre on 31 January 19. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/EWN

    Kraaifontein community calls for govt to intervene in housing dispute

    Bloekombos has been volatile for the past few weeks as a result of these demonstrations.

    734 days ago
  • FILE: In this file photo, law enforcement officers are pictured on scene where Kraaifontein residents barricaded roads after their homes were demolished on 26 July 2020. Picture: Supplied.

    Dozens of CoCT employees injured due to violent protest this past week

    Many of the clashes broke out during land grabs and ensuing operations to take down illegally. Over the past weekend - violence erupted again in a Kraaifontein community, four people have been arrested.

    742 days ago
  • A screengrab from a video taken on 1 July 2020 in which Cape Town law enforcement officials evict a naked man from his Empolweni home in Khayelitsha.

    Plato claims Bulelani Qholani undressed himself to block being evicted

    A video, which has been shared widely, shows the officers removing Bulelani Qholani from his home in the Empolweni while he was washing himself.

    773 days ago
  • FILE: Police regroup behind a building before using rubber bullets to disperse angry protesters in Hangberg. Picture: EWN.

    CoCT officials grilled in Parly over SAPS destroying shacks in Hangberg

    The action took place as a cold front swept over the peninsula and sparked violent clashes with police on Thursday.

    794 days ago
  • Dunoon in Cape Town is one of the areas identified to be de-densified to curb the spread of coronavirus in South Africa. Picture: Kaylynn  Palm/EWN

    Dunoon residents stone law enforcement officers for demolishing their structures

    It is believed the buildings were erected on Saturday morning.

    807 days ago
  • A general view of Khayelitsha, in Cape Town, on 31 March 2020. Picture: AFP

    City of CT officials battling with people trying to occupy land illegally

    The Khayelitsha community went to court last week after their homes were demolished, despite a prohibition on evictions during the lockdown periods.

    843 days ago
  • Residents of Kokotela informal settlement, in Lawley, rebuild their homes after 80 shacks were destroyed by the Red Ants. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN.

    SAHRC: City of Joburg agrees to halt demolitions of homes in Lawley

    Last week, the Red Ants demolished homes at the Kokotela informal settlement in the area.

    846 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: EWN.

    Law enforcement, Red Ants destroying ‘illegally’ erected shacks in Lawley

    The City of Johannesburg says there’s been an increase in a trend of criminals invading open land owned by the state as the rest of the country is on a 35-day lockdown.

    851 days ago
  • Gauteng Human Settlement MEC Lebogang Maile. Picture: @GP_DHS/Twitter

    Maile: Land invasions a flourishing business, engineered by syndicates

    Gauteng Human Settlements MEC Lebogang Maile on Tuesday said illegal land occupation in the south of Johannesburg has spiraled out of control.

    1021 days ago
  • Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Thoko Didiza. Picture: @DRDLR_online/Twitter

    Minister Didiza visits troubled Mthwalume area

    In recent weeks, land and sugar cane fields belonging to the Mathulini Communal Property Association were set alight resulting in damage estimated at around R3 million.

    1084 days ago
  • A car that was set alight by protesting residents in Lenasia south on Thursday, 1 August 2019. Picture: Edwin Ntshidi/EWN

    Police monitoring Lenasia streets following land grab protest

    Land grabbers went on the rampage on Thursday morning, blocking the R558 and K54.

    1110 days ago
  • The R557 in Ennerdale main entrance has been blocked by protesting residents. Picture: Edwin Ntshidi/EWN

    Zakariyya Park protesters claim authorities opened fire on them

    Residents in Zakariyya Park and Ennerdale, south of Johannesburg on Friday said they were tired of the recent mushrooming of informal settlements in their areas.

    1123 days ago
  • Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema in the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court on 21 June 2019/. Picture: @EFFSouthAfrica/Twitter.

    Justice is the return of the land - Malema

    EFF leader Julius Malema made the comments at the party elective conference in Bloemfontein in 2014.

    1151 days ago
  • FILE: Lenasia South residents want homes, built illegally in Lenasia extension 3 & 14 to be demolished. Picture: EWN.

    Lenasia South residents call on alleged land invaders to leave their area

    On Saturday, police had to be deployed to the area as tensions boiled over between alleged land grabbers and community members.

    1184 days ago
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