The ESR Review: Economic and Social Rights in South Africa has published a special issue on gender-based poverty, women, and housing in urban areas which includes an article written by SERI attorney Deborah Raduba and Adenike Fabohunda as well as an article by former litigation intern Justin Winchester and Ashita Alag who was a Bonavero Fellow with SERI in 2024. The Journal is published by Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights at the University of the Western Cape.
The article Deborah Raduba and Adenike Fabohunda is entitled, ‘A House All My Own’: An Intersectional Reflection on the Failures of Post-Apartheid Law and Policy to Provide Tenure Security for Black Women in Urban South Africa. The article reflects on the right to housing from a historical perspective. It discusses the limitations of South Africa's post-apartheid law and policy for the tenure security of black women, in particular. The article also explores this through a discussion of the Rahube v Rahube case.
The article by Justin Winchester and Ashita Alag entitled, Contested Co-Existence: Addressing Women’s Housing Insecurity with the Legal Recognition of Family Homes, discusses the implications of customary law and how the gap between customary and common law in South Africa can be bridged in a way that connects the components of tenure security and cultural adequacy.
- Both articles can be accessed here.