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South Africa’s first overhaul of its eviction framework in more than 20 years conflates criminal land invasion with ordinary lease disputes, and its joinder rules risk shifting municipal housing duties onto private landlords, a litigator warns.
The Kyidom Hene of the Abease Traditional Area has asked regional and national security councils to intervene in a dispute with the paramount chief over land earmarked for a 24-hour economy market in Pru West District.
The National Land Commission has published compulsory acquisition notices for a 124km KeNHA road across Elgeyo Marakwet and West Pokot and for a Machakos water project, with compensation inquiries scheduled in November.
President William Ruto says the government will stop importing lifts for the Affordable Housing Programme after securing seven local manufacturers, speaking at the handover of the Sh5.37 billion Pioneer project in Eldoret.
The La community in Accra says it has begun preparing a lawsuit over the demolition of structures at La Pleasure Beach, arguing that the disputed beachfront cannot be handed to an investor while ownership remains unresolved.
Governor Uba Sani has directed the Kaduna State Geographic Information Service to allocate plots and farmland to communities in Igabi whose land has been disputed with the military, saying thousands of displaced residents must be resettled with decent shelter.
Parliament's transport committee has questioned KeNHA over delays of up to three years on the Mau Mau roads project in Kiambu County, substandard materials and landowners who are yet to be compensated.
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has urged the Kano State Government to compensate traders whose shops were demolished in June 2023, saying many lost their only source of income.
Housing experts say the Federal Government's plan to build 100 social housing units in every local government area was set without a needs assessment and could leave thousands of units unoccupied.