Press Release for immediate release, 7 November 2025 Civil society organisations to host a community workshop to mark the fifth anniversary of state inaction on the release of under-utilised military land in Cape Town for the development of affordable housing. Nearly five years have passed since a group of civil society organisations called on President…
17 October 2025 Dear Geordin Hill-Lewis, Equal Education (EE), the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC), and Ndifuna Ukwazi (NU) are appalled by your recent remark dismissing spatial apartheid as mere ‘propaganda language that is no longer rooted in reality.’ From where we stand, working with communities on the ground, alongside parents and learners across Cape Town and…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 08 September 2025 KHAYELITSHА, Cape Town – On Thursday, 11 September 2025, the Solidarity Space, supported by Ndifuna Ukwazi and My Vote Counts, will host a Ward Councillors’ Imbizo at the Oliver Tambo Community Hall in Khayelitsha. This public meeting is designed to create a platform for meaningful engagement, where Ward…
Press Release 2 September 2025 [ Ndifuna Ukwazi and Reclaim the City ] Judgment today was reserved in the Western Cape High Court in the “urgent” application brought by the National Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean MacPherson against the residents of Reclaim the City’s Irene Grootboom House formerly known as 104 Darling Street…
As landmark court victories on urban land rights face implementation delays, the Urban Land Justice and Redistribution Gathering will convene from 22 – 23 August 2025 at Workshop17 Watershed, V&A Waterfront, a week after the proposed National Dialogue convened by the Presidency. The third iteration of the event, the 2025 edition will be co-hosted by the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 20 August 2025 The Cape Town inner-city homelessness crisis is still characterised by the continued displacement, and an increase of fenced off public spaces. These makeshift measures do not address the systemic problem, that is a critical lack of well-located, affordable housing with security of tenure. Eviction processes compel the municipality to…
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…
Ndifuna Ukwazi’s Winter Student Vacation Work Programme offers participants an immersive, hands-on experience over two weeks.Read more