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.
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…
CLOSER TO SOCIAL HOUSING ON THE TAFELBERG SITE: CLOSER TO SPATIAL JUSTICE IN SEA POINT. Press statement: 22 May 2025 On Wednesday 21 May 2025, the Western Cape Province revealed three concept plans for the development of the Tafelberg site, all of which included social housing. Of the three concepts, one plan would see 122…
Press Statement 9 May 2025 WC High Court eviction of Darling Street residents. Yesterday, residents at 104-106 Darling Street, represented by Ndifuna Ukwazi Law Centre (NULC) returned to the Western Cape High Court regarding the ongoing matter in which the National Minister for Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) is seeking an urgent eviction order against…
Press release: 10 April 2025 For immediate release The eviction application brought by the National Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure against the Darling Street residents was meant to be heard on Wednesday, 09 April at the Western Cape High Court on an urgent basis. Darling Street residents, represented by Ndifuna Ukwazi Law Centre, arrived…
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Press Release for Immediate Release Date 4 April 2025 Imagine being told to leave your home with nowhere to go. That’s the reality facing over 60 people, adults and children, living at 104-106 Darling Street, Cape Town, as the National Minister for Public Works, Dean Macpherson pushes for their urgent eviction— with a materially incomplete…
3 April 2025 Ndifuna Ukwazi welcomes the City of Cape Town’s plan to redevelop Mowbray Golf Course with 30% affordable housing but warns that without clear affordability measures, long-term protections, and racial redress, the project risks becoming mere ‘affordable housing tokenism.’ For 113 years, Mowbray Golf Course has symbolised exclusion, leased at a nominal rate…
Reflections on the Final Hearing, by Disha Govender, attorney for the Tafelberg Matter and Head of the Ndifuna Ukwazi Law Centre On Tuesday 11 February 2025, the Constitutional Court heard Ndifuna Ukwazi and Reclaim the City’s appeal in the Tafelberg Court Case. This case is primarily about the obligations of the Western Cape Government (“Province”) and City of…
For immediate release: 10 February 2025 As South Africa marks the 59th anniversary of District Six’s declaration as a White Group Area under apartheid, the nation confronts a critical moment in its ongoing struggle for land justice, spatial redress, and human rights. On 11 February 2025, the Constitutional Court will hear the Tafelberg case—a pivotal…