NDIFUNA UKWAZI STRONGLY REJECTS THE OUTCOME AND JUDGMENT IN THE TRANSNET EVICTION MATTER
Ndifuna Ukwazi expresses profound concern at the Western Cape High Court judgment delivered on 21 July 2026 ordering the eviction of over 161 occupiers from Transnet-owned land in Woodstock and Salt River in circumstances where the City of Cape Town refused as a “principled” stance to provide emergency accommodation to people who would be rendered homeless by the eviction.
FAWU FAILS GUGULETHU RESIDENTS
FOOD AND ALLIED WORKERS’ UNION (FAWU) FAILS GUGULETHU RESIDENTS Over seventy (70) residents living in a hostel owned by the Food & Allied Workers’ Union (“FAWU”) in Gugulethu have been without electricity since 15 April 2026. The residents’ electricity supply was disconnected, without prior notification to the residents, by the City of Cape Town (“the…