Cape Town housing activists decry plan to appeal court decision on contentious Tafelberg site
On Friday 18 September, the Western Cape government announced that it will ask for leave to appeal the recent landmark Tafelberg judgment by the Western Cape High Court. The province says the judgment amounted to judicial overreach and harms its ability to competently govern. On Monday, the City of Cape Town announced that it too…
How to whitewash colonial pain and trauma
In the same week that South Africans celebrate Heritage Day, the Cape Town Municipal Planning Tribunal (MPT) has approved the controversial R4-billion River Club development, seen by many as an affront to the First Nations heritage of our country. This comes after a four-year process to gain heritage, environmental and planning approvals by the developers who are partially financed by…
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