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The Claremont Main Road Mosque and the Fight For Spatial Justice

The following op-ed is written by Angela Andrews of the Legal Resources Centre. Newlands and Claremont, affluent suburbs of Cape Town, have a tragic history of forced removals.  One of the largest and most established communities (classified “Coloured” under Apartheid racial classification legislation) was removed from these picturesque areas under the Group Areas Act in […]

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The Murky Waters of Housing Allocations in South Africa

The following op-ed is a collaborative effort by Sipesihle Mguga and Zimkhitha Mhlahlo of the Legal Resources Centre. Throughout history, land and housing have been recognised as primary sources of wealth, social status, power and more importantly, security. They are the basis for shelter, and food. The need for adequate housing has never been as […]

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Members of the Prudhoe Community together with their legal team outside the Land Claims Court sitting in Port Alfred

OpEd: Lessons From The Prudhoe Community Land Claim

The following OP-ED is a collaborative effort by Zimkhitha Mhlahlo, Teddy Weinstein, Cecile van Schalkwyk and Cameron McConnachie of the LRC Ready for Restitution? The People Are But our Institutions are Not! South Africa embarked on a land reform process in 1994 to address the country’s tragic history of inequitable land distribution along racial lines. […]

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