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…
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…
Press Release (re-issue of statement 4 September 2023) 21 September 2023 Do the People have a right to access information on Public Land? The People’s Land Map Launch takes place Friday 22 September In 2016 NU asked the question, how much vacant and underutilised public land is really available in the City of Cape Town…
Joint Statement – 23 August 2023 National Campaign Demands State Land Disposal of President Ramaphosa On 23 August 2023, land and housing movements in Cape Town will march towards the President’s house in Rondebosch while those in Johannesburg will march the Sandton Convention Centre demanding urgent action in the form of State Land Disposal, to…
Press Release 23 August President, Ministers challenged to act on land reform and redistribution Today, 8 social movements from across South Africa will submit requests to President Cyril Ramaphosa to donate 32 pieces of vacant and underutilised public land to communities living with insecure tenure by making use of the State Land Disposal Act. There…
Press Release 18 July 2023 City changes tune toward well-located affordable housing but doesn’t change progress On 18 July 2017 the City of Cape Town announced the proposed development of social housing on 11 parcels of public land in Woodstock, Salt River and the inner city. Since then, Ndifuna Ukwazi and Reclaim the…
Press Release 13 June 2023 On behalf of a Woodstock family, Ndifuna Ukwazi Law Centre has launched a constitutional challenge* to the issuing of emergency housing kits by the City of Cape Town. The family face eviction from their home of 25 years by the Woodstock Hub (Pty) Ltd, who seeks to develop the building.…
This is a short-term limited appointment to start immediately, ending 31 December 2023 We are looking for a passionate, committed individual with strong organising, mobilising and community campaign skills to join Ndifuna Ukwazi’s team as a “Community Organiser Intern” with immediate effect. Key responsibilities include the following: Building meaningful relationships of trust with partners and…
Press Statement 22 May 2023 On Friday morning, 19 May, Magistrate Reaz Khan granted an eviction against the Willow Arts Collective (WAC), a community living on the former site of the South African National Circus since 2016. The property is located in Observatory, a well located and sought-after area of Cape Town. In 2019, the…