Sep
10
2024
The rail agency was ordered to restore shelter to people it evicted from Cape Town Foreshore in August
By Sandiso Phaliso
The Passenger Rail Agency of South (PRASA) has been accused of contempt of court for failing to adhere to a Western Cape High Court ruling of 6 September to shelter families it illegally evicted in August from Transnet-owned land along Old Marine Drive...
Apr
12
2024
The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled the sale of the site for private development was lawful
By Tania Broughton
The sale of the Tafelberg property in Sea Point for private development is lawful, the Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled.
Housing activists wanted the site to be developed for social housing.
The court said there was no law which dictated...
Feb
28
2024
Judges question City of Cape Town about eviction of Bromwell Street tenants
By Masego Mafata
The City of Cape Town appeared before the Constitutional Court on Tuesday in a case concerning the eviction of tenants from Bromwell Street, Woodstock.
Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga asked the City whether the planned eviction resembled the forced removals from District Six during apartheid.
Ndifuna Ukwazi, on...
Aug
12
2021
City of Cape Town says national government slow to release “well-located” land for affordable housing
By Marecia Damons
Land and housing legal support organisations Ndifuna Ukwazi (NU) and Reclaim the City (RTC) say the City of Cape Town is moving too slowly on its promises to create affordable housing.
In July 2017, the City announced that 11 pieces of public land in the...
Aug
11
2021
Treating occupiers as criminals fails to recognise that the vast majority of people are forced to take land, says Ndifuna Ukwazi
By Mary-Anne Gontsana
Over 8,000 people have signed a petition to extend the City of Cape Town’s public comment period on a draft by-law.
Public comments closed on 31 July.
Housing activists believe the by-law will criminalise the occupation of...
Jun
04
2021
Activists welcome possible change of policy
By Marecia Damons
The City of Cape Town has identified parts of two golf courses as potential sites for housing.
The move has been welcomed by housing activists.
The public has until Sunday to comment on the City’s spatial development frameworks.
Parts of the King David Mowbray Golf Course and Rondebosch Golf Course may be turned...
May
31
2021
Counter campaign to City’s appeal launched by activists
By Marecia Damons and James Stent
Ndifuna Ukwazi has condemned the City of Cape Town for soliciting and encouraging the public to complain about homeless people.
The City says it is entitled to request information from all of its citizens in order to assess the effect of “street people”.
The call sent out suggested people...
Mar
16
2021
Residents have turned the former Woodstock Hospital into a home and want the City of Cape Town to engage directly with them to come up with a solution, rather than evict them through the courts.
By Matthew Hirsch
It has been almost four years since residents occupied the Woodstock Hospital in Cape Town, now known as Cissie Gool House. The only...
Oct
07
2019
Eviction of Kenneth Blaine escalates ideological battle between local government and Reclaim the City
By Steve Kretzmann
Lawyers representing the City of Cape Town have threatened legal action against activist organisation Reclaim The City unless it agrees, in writing, to not impede the City’s attempts to evict 80-year-old Kenneth Blaine from the council-owned house in Woodstock he has been living in for...
Sep
14
2019
Activists want new developments in city centre to include affordable housing
By Sandisiwe Shoba
Activist organisation and law centre Ndifuna Ukwazi (NU) has launched litigation in the Cape High Court to compel the City of Cape Town to develop a housing policy that would require new developments to include affordable housing.
To launch the litigation about 30 NU and Reclaim the City members...