Posts In: eviction
Meaningful Engagement, Not Militarisation, Is The Way Forward for Mashaba’s Johannesburg
Anthropologist Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon shares his insights on Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba’s visits to so-called “hijacked buildings” in the city.
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Decoding dispossession: Eviction and urban regeneration in Johannesburg’s dark buildings
In January 2012 the residents of an inner-city tenement building in Doornfontein, Johannesburg, were evicted on a court order. This paper documents how a group of blind Zimbabweans experienced threats of violence and accusations of betrayal, as they were offered alternate accommodation by the evicting company because of their disability.
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