About 1 000 families from Sikato resettlement in Masvingo West constituency are facing an uncertain future after being served with seven-day eviction notices to vacate the land which they occupied at the height of the land reform programme in 2000. The families, from...
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A city/human settlement fulfilling its social functions, that is, ensuring equitable and affordable access for all to housing, goods, services and urban opportunities, particularly for women, marginalized groups and people with special needs; a city/human settlement that prioritizes theFulfilled social functions
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Urgent actionAbahlali baseMjondolo Goes to Court to Stop the Eviction of Disabled Residents
Monday, 26 November 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Tomorrow We Go to Court to Stop the Eviction of Disabled Residents Tomorrow the eNduduzweni branch of Abahlali baseMjondolo goes to Durban High Court as the eThekwini Municipality and KZN Department of...
Building cities and territories of rights
The Right to the City movement expands and strengthens. From 28 to 31 October, the International Meeting for Equal Cities (EIpCI) was held in Buenos Aires. It was part of the work of the Global Platform for the Right to the City (PGDC), together with national and...
The City Understood as a Common Good, an Emerging Pillar of the Right to the City
1. The Evolution of Human Rights for the Right to the City 1.1. The Concept of Urban Rights in the Popular Amendment on Urban Reform The concept of urban rights was included as a core element of the Urban Reform’s thinking which emerged during Brazil’s process...