2013

Family win fight with bank for home by Zelda Venter, Pretoria News (19 December 2013).
New property booklets help guide rental process,Weekend Argus (9 December 2013).
Mandela’s Nightmare: The Night of the Long Knives by Niren Tolsi, The Con (8 December 2013).
A continuing legacy of struggle by Julian Brown, Daily Maverick (7 December 2013).
'Clashes' as traders go back to the streets by Lehlohonolo Tau, The Times (6 December 2013).
Operation Clean Sweep: Johannesburg metro police arrests human rights lawyer by Greg Nicholson and Thapelo Lekgowa, Daily Maverick (6 December 2013).
Informal traders clash with police by Khulekani Magubane, Business Day (6 December 2013).
Joburg hawkers’ lawyer arrested by Dewald van Rensburg, City Press (5 December 2013).
Jo'burg street traders back to work by Manqoba Nxumalo, Mail an Guardian (5 December 2013).
Informal traders attorney arrested in Johannesburg, eNCA (5 December 2013).
Evicted Johannesburg traders can return to inner city, court rules by Franny Rabkin, Business Day (5 December 2013).
'Convenient' to remove lawful traders in Op Clean Sweep by Sarah Evans, Mail and Guardian (5 December 2013).
No country for this kind of fascism by Sipho Hlongwane, Business Day (3 December 2013).
Joburg traders head to ConCourt, Fin24 (2 December 2013).
Joburg traders head to Constitutional Court, IOL (2 December 2013).
Informal traders taking Joburg to highest court in the land, eNCA News (30 November 2013) - video.
Jo'burg informal trader lays assault charge against cops by Manqoba Nxumalo, Mail and Guardian (28 November 2013).
SERI's fight for justice and reconciliation: from the TRC to Farlam by Rebecca Davis, Daily Maverick (28 November 2013).
Seri wins award for representing Marikana families, SABC News (28 November 2013).
Informal Johannesburg traders’ bid not urgent, says judge by Khulekani Magubane, Business Day (28 November 2013).
Joburg traders dealt a blow by Dewald van Rensburg, City Press (28 November 2013).
Marikana victims deserve justice by Fanie du Toit, Cape Times (27 November 2013).
Informal traders' application 'not urgent', says judge by Manqoba Nxumalo, Mail and Guardian (27 November 2013).
Under attack at home and at work: Operation Clean Sweep and the dark side of urban regeneration, op-ed by Michael Clark and Kate Tissington, Daily Maverick (27 November 2013).
Cry me a river, Joburg tells traders by Dewald van Rensburg, City Press (27 November 2013).
Joburg's informal traders vs. He Who Sweeps Clean by Greg Nicholson, Daily Maverick (27 November 2013).
Joburg, informal traders dispute reaches court by Khulekani Magubane, Business Day (27 November 2013).
Information: the first step towards active citizenry, op-ed by Jackie Dugard and Thapelo Tselapedi, Daily Maverick (25 November 2013).
Joburg punishes hawkers for trusting city, displaced traders argue by Dewald van Rensburg, City Press (25 November 2013).
Brave New Joburg: Operation Clean Sweep II by Dewald van Rensburg, City Press (24 November 2013).
Vendors to file second interdict to stop City of Jhb removals by Sarah Evans, Mail and Guardian (19 November 2013).
Jo'burg hawkers still face impasse with city by Manqoba Nxumalo, Mail and Guardian (18 November 2013).
Informal traders to take City of Joburg to court, Mail and Guardian (17 November 2013).
National Credit Act not meant to protect debt dodgers, top court hears by Franny Rabkin, Business Day (7 November 2013).
SERI praises Marikana judgment, News24 (14 October 2013).
In Durban's Cato Manor: Death by protest, death by dissent by Khadija Patel, Daily Maverick (1 October 2013).
Advocates slam council demolitions by Mpume Madlala and Noelene Barbeau, Daily News (26 September 2013).
Shack dwellers take the fight to eThekwini – and the ANC takes note by Khadija Patel, Daily Maverick (16 September 2013).
Marikana inquiry’s mistakes call for a rethink, op-ed by Jackie Dugard in Business Day (11 September 2013).
City manager must explain ‘political evictions’, Daily News (10 September 2013).
Officials may get jail time for contempt of court, The Citizen (10 September 2013).
eThekwini Municipality demolishing homes despite interdict by Paddy Harper, City Press (5 September 2013).
City ordered to replace destroyed homes by Mhlabunzima Memela, The Witness (4 September 2013).
Settlers take council to court by Mhlabunzima Memela, The Witness (2 September 2013).
Low-cost housing waiting list ‘a myth’ by Carol Paton, Business Day (2 September 2013).
Money issues bedevil Marikana" by Lisa Steyn, Mail and Guardian (20 August 2013).
Marikana ruling hardly ‘excellent’, op-ed by Stuart Wilson in Mail and Guardian (23 August 2013).
Housing: Children who don't see the sky by Manqoba Nxumalo, Mail and Guardian (23 August 2013).
Jackie Dugard on SABC News speaking about Marikana Commission funding (20 August 2013).
Marikana Inquiry 'not fair' to dead miners' families by Adrienne Carlisle, Daily Dispatch (19 August 2013).
Commissioner, police ignoring AMCU evidence, op-ed by Stuart Wilson in Sunday Independent (18 August 2013).
‘Jumping the Queue’, Waiting Lists and other Myths by Kate Tissington, Amandla! Magazine (12 August 2013).
Where the heart is: South Africa's post-apartheid housing failure by Robert Brand and Mike Cohen, Mail and Guardian (2 August 2013).
Podcast of Kate Tissington on Chris Vick's PowerHour show on PowerFm, talking about housing finance and allocation (25 July 2013).
Housing waiting list a myth - study by Neo Maditla, Cape Argus (23 July 2013).
Waiting for a house that never comes by Rebecca Davis, Daily Maverick (16 July 2013).
Home is where the heart isn't by Manqoba Nxumalo, Mail and Guardian (12 July 2013).
Podcasts of Kate Tissington speaking about SERI's housing allocation report on PowerFM with Lawrence Tlhabane and the MMC for Housing, Dan Bovu (24 July 2013).
Podcast of SERI legal researcher Michael Clark speaking about shelter conditions in inner city Johannesburg on Radio 702 (9 July 2013).
Millions in SA remain homeless by Refilwe Pitjeng, Eyewitness News (9 July 2013).
Snail's pace hampers Marikana Commission, op-ed by Jackie Dugard and Kate Tissington in Sunday Times (30 June 2013).
Where the taps still run dry by Ufrieda Ho, Saturday Star (29 June 2013).
No recourse for Joburg's inner city evictees by Manqoba Nxumalo, Mail and Guardian (28 June 2013).
Selling power: Joburg landlord gets a shock on ruling by Anna Cox, The Star (21 June 2013).
Tribual crushes landlord electrickery by Manqoba Nxumalo, Mail and Guardian (21 June 2013).
Tudor Shaft: As dangerous as Chernobyl?" multimedia video by the Mail and Guardian (18 June 2013).
Legal experts hail court ruling on Isiqalo land dispute, Weekend Argus (10 June 2013).
Claim that no-one in Cape Town has to use "bucket toilets" is wrong by Nechama Brodie, Africa Check (7 June 2013).
What the protesters really want, op-ed by Jackie Dugard and Kate Tissington in The Witness (10 May 2013).
'Shock and awe tactics' used on shack dwellers by Jared Sacks, Mail and Guardian (10 May 2013).
City of Cape Town makes up law to justify eviction of the poor by Jared Sacks, Daily Maverick (6 May 2013).
Podcast of SERI senior researcher Kate Tissington speaking about protest and the criminal justice system on the ProBono Law show on Radio Today, hosted by Patrick Bracher (11 April 2013).
SA police caught dead to rights by Niren Tolsi, Mail and Guardian (26 April 2013).
Public claims against police exceed R14bn by Sarah Evans, Mail and Guardian (24 April 2013).
Top advocate to observe Mtetwa trial by Dudu Dube, The New Age (4 April 2013).
Fracas over pamphlets at Marikana Commission by Lucas Ledwaba, City Press (26 March 2013).
Farlam's site visit brings community closer to commission by Sipho Hlongwane, Daily Maverick (22 March 2013).
State suppression of popular dissent should concern us all, op-ed by Michael Clark and Jackie Dugard in the Business Day (6 March 2013).
Marikana victims' families seek damages from police by Carol Paton, Business Day (1 March 2013).
Podcast of SERI executive director Stuart Wilson speaking about housing rights cases in SA on the ProBono Law show on Radio Today, hosted by Patrick Bracher (28 February 2013).
Marikana families sue police for millions by Charl du Plessis, City Press (28 February 2013).
The Criminal Injustice System by Jane Duncan, SACSIS (18 February 2013).
Ekuthuleni: 'Place of peace' by name but a shelter it is not, op-ed by Jackie Dugard and Kathleen Hardy in the Daily Maverick (11 January 2013).
Corralling Civil Society: What's Up with Government's New Proposals to Change the NPO Act? by Dale McKinley, SACSIS (10 January 2013).