Author Archives: Jean-Andre Butcher

The Failed Promise of Tenure Security: Customary Land Rights and Dispossession

This conference is an urgent intervention to expose the ongoing and mounting threats to rural land rights in South Africa, and to prepare to scale up defence of such rights, in the face of proposed new legislation. The stakes are high, as some of the poorest communities in the world’s most unequal country face off […]

19 July 2022 – Western Cape High Court rules Qolani eviction unlawful and unconstitutional

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For Immediate Release 19 July 2022 Western Cape High Court rules Qolani eviction unlawful and unconstitutional Cape Town — The Western Cape High Court has delivered judgment in the matter of South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and Others v The City of Cape Town and Others on Friday 15th July.  The Legal Resources Centre […]