Ndifuna Ukwazi invites any member of the public to join its free 3-month Advice Assembly programme at the Bertha House in Mowbray. Advice Assembly is a weekly community education programme designed to help participants understand the laws that govern eviction in South Africa, equipping them with the legal and political knowledge to tackle unfair practices…
READ PDF PRESS STATEMENT HERE: 29 Mar 2023 Military Land Press statement Military land for homes not weapons! Weak intergovernmental collaboration and a lack of urgency are entrenching the housing crisis. The national government owns enough vacant and underutilised land in Cape Town to deliver hundreds of thousands of homes and materially reduce the housing…
The City of Cape Town’s Law Enforcement acts in contempt of court order-2 The City of Cape Town’s Law Enforcement acts in contempt of court order IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 29 March 2023 This morning Law Enforcement harassed & burned the money that belonged to the unhoused community in District 6, this is contempt of a court…
The Ndifuna Ukwazi Housing Clinic will not be open for Walk-in Consults on Tuesday 14 March and Wednesday 15 March as we are working on our annual strategy. Please contact Ntombi Sambu to make an appointment or to send an enquiry related to a housing or eviction matter you are facing, in Cape Town: Whatsapp:+27…
Press Release 20 February 2023 (Press Statement by the City of Cape Town ) We are relieved that the City of Cape Town has finally accepted its constitutional duty not to illegally evict unlawful occupiers of public land. It took several high court cases for it to realise that there is indignity in shamelessly depriving…
Press Release 16 February 2023 On Monday 20 February 2023, the Tafelberg matter will be heard at the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein. In 2017, the case made headlines when it reversed the sale of public land in Sea Point, formerly the Tafelberg Remedial School, to a private company for R135 million. Activist groups…
8 February 2023 The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) handed down judgment in the Bromwell Matter on 6 February 2023. The matter was heard on 14 November 2022. Judge Mabindla-Boqwana of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), with the full bench concurring, set aside the High Court order in the Bromwell Street Matter which declared…
Does the need for sporting facilities outweigh the need for well-located affordable housing? NU objects to Bellville Bowls Green and Golf Club lease renewal. Press Release: 29 November 2022 Public participation for the lease renewal of City of Cape Town land to the Bellville Bowls Green and the Bellville Golf Club closed yesterday. Ndifuna Ukwazi…
Joint Ndifuna Ukwazi and Reclaim the City Statement 11 November 2022 Cissie Gool House Raid Ndifuna Ukwazi (NU) can confirm the raid and arrests that took place at Cissie Gool House on the morning of 11 November 2022. Cissie Gool House is home to more than 1000 people. This residence is one of the three…
11 November 2022 World Diabetes Day and the Bromwell Street Matter – 14 November With estimated 369 000 households awaiting secure and dignified housing in Cape Town, often the debate is focused on delivery, transport density etc. The knock on impact of insecure housing and tenure is clearly visible in the health of the families…