SERI – Afesis Corplan

Responding to Eviction and Displacement

About 35 participants from local and international NGO’s met under the theme “forced evictions and urban displacement” in Soweto between 17-20 July 2017 to learn more about local experiences in resisting evictions and promoting the upgrading of informal settlements and to explore opportunities for further collaboration. The event was organised by the Socio-Economic Rights Institute [...]

Ground-breaking constitutional court judgement and Managed Land Settlement: Connecting the dots

By afesis|2018-04-13T12:02:40+00:00June 19th, 2017|Managed Land Settlement, News, Sustainable Settlements|

Afesis-corplan June 2017 “Evictions that lead to homelessness are unlawful, even if they are agreed to by all of the residents who stand to be evicted”. These are the findings of a Constitutional Court ruling on 8 June 2017 as reported by the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa. Nomzamo Zondo, SERI’s Director of Litigation, [...]