Press Release 31 January 2024 Ndifuna Ukwazi, on behalf of Singabalapha Informal Settlement, has launched an application in the Western Cape High Court to review the City of Cape Town’s decision to rely on the Emergency Housing Programme (EHP) in respect of their eviction and relocation to the periphery of the city. Singabalapha is located…
15 September 2023 The Urban Land Justice Gathering will take place from Thursday 21 September to Saturday 22 September at the District Six Homecoming Centre. This event takes place in partnership with Ndifuna Ukwazi, SERI-SA, PLAAS, and the District Six Museum. This event will see the launch of the People’s Land Map – directly before…
27 October 2023 Ndifuna Ukwazi wholeheartedly welcomes the release of the Pickwick site in Salt River for the development of mixed-income housing, as announced by the City of Cape Town during the council meeting on the 26th of October 2023. The Pickwick site is extremely well-located, and will deliver roughly 1,800 homes, including 840 social…
Ndifuna Ukwazi (NU) is an activist organization and law center that promotes the realization of constitutional rights and social justice through providing organizing, research and legal support and representation to poor and working class people, communities and social movements. We work to advance urban land justice in Cape Town through the protection and expansion of…
BID FOR A PIECE OF URBAN LAND JUSTICE HISTORY! AN NU DECEMBER FUNDRAISER THIS WEEKEND ONLY Have your own A3 Photograph which documents some of the work done by NU and RTC over the last few years. All photos taken by our very own Zacharia Mashele. Bids can be made directly on Instagram in…
PRESS STATEMENT 17 November 2023 Today, the City of Cape Town informed the families residing at city-owned rental housing on Maynard Street, Gardens that it will no longer be proceeding with the looming auction of their homes on 23 November 2023. This comes after a public out-cry and concern for dwindling public housing in the…
NDIFUNA UKWAZI’S COMMENT ON THE INDEPENDENT POLICE INVESTIGATIVE DIRECTORATE (IPID) AMENDMENT BILL, 2023 [B21-2023] Ndifuna Ukwazi is a non-profit activist organisation and law centre that combines research, organising and litigation in campaigns to advance urban land justice in Cape Town. Our primary mission is to expand and protect access to affordable housing and build an…
