The Pakistan Air Force has successfully tested a new domestically-built extended-range missile, said to be a “smart weapon.” It also vowed to respond “with full force” if subjected to any foreign aggression. The weapon, which is apparently an air-to-surface missile, has been deployed by a JF-17 Thunder – a Chinese-Pakistani[…]
By Thakira Desai With intentions to sell a pocket of prime land on the Tana Baru cemetery threatening to divide a local Muslim family, certain members of the family remain resolute that erven 677 and 681 will be sold. The family members are adamant that the land in question does[…]
The ANC is holding a land summit this weekend in an attempt to emerge with a united view on how to implement its controversial resolution to expropriate land without compensation. The party’s senior members are divided over whether section 25 of the Constitution should be amended and whether all land[…]
Human rights activists from a range of civil society groups will march on Human Rights Day on Wednesday 21 March for access to land, security of tenure and decent housing. Activists from the Social Justice Coalition, Reclaim the City, the District Six Working Committee and Ndifuna Ukwazi are demanding that[…]
Land must be returned to its rightful owners, presidential hopeful Cyril Ramaphosa said during his campaign trail in Grahamstown on Sunday. Ramaphosa made several promises at the cadres’ forum in the Sarah Baartman Region. He spoke of radical economic transformation as well as land reform that needed to form part[…]
It may have been a wait spanning decades, but all that was forgotten when the Aziz family were finally returned their land on Thursday. Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille handed over a title deed for erf 604 in Cotton Lane, Simons Town to the Aziz family in a special[…]
Some 700 from rural communities around South Africa marched in the CBD on Saturday calling for equal access to land and housing. The women, who form part of the Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA), used Human Rights Day to draw attention to their plight. “We want one woman, one hectare. South[…]
Cabinet is still to decide whether the announced ban on foreign land ownership will apply to all categories of land, Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom said on Sunday. “In many countries they make a distinction between agricultural and urban land,” the former land minister told reporters in Cape Town. “So these[…]
South Africa will descend into anarchy unless there is progressive, peaceful land expropriation without compensation, Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema said on Thursday. “Your land is your identity, if you don’t have land you are nothing,” he told the Cape Town Press Club. Malema said land transfer was therefore[…]
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