South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
is a deeply unequal society, with mass unemployment and homelessness. One response to this on the part of
social movements
A social movement is a loosely organized effort by a large group of people to achieve a particular goal, typically a social or political one. This may be to carry out a social change, or to resist or undo one. It is a type of group action and ma ...
of the poor has been the occupation of land. This article lists land occupations in South Africa.
2001
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Bredell land occupation
2009
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Macassar Village land occupation
2011
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Mitchell's Plain land occupation
2013
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Marikana land occupation (Cape Town)
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Marikana land occupation (Durban)
See also
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Anti-Land Invasion Unit (Cape Town)
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Abahlali baseMjondolo
Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM, , in English: "the residents of the shacks") is a socialist shack dwellers' movement in South Africa which organises land occupations, builds communes
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Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign
The Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign was a non-racial popular movement made up of poor and oppressed communities in Cape Town, South Africa.
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