Sydney Street Residents Compensated after Wrongful Eviction by City of Cape Town Press Release: 14 October 2022 46 people living in Sydney Street, District 6, have finally received compensation for the wrongful eviction and impoundment of personal belongings carried out by the City of Cape Town last year. In September 2021, residents of Sydney Street,…
Press Statement: 14 September 2022 A City of Cape Town inclusionary housing policy that was to be finalised in 2021, again delays the building of inner city affordable housing and disrupt spatial apartheid. For the last five years, Ndifuna Ukwazi has been monitoring and objecting to development applications made to the Municipal Planning Tribunal,…
What’s the hold up? PRESS RELEASE 24 August 2022 August 31 2022 marks the two-year anniversary since the landmark Tafelberg judgment to advance spatial justice by the State. This Saturday, 27 August, Reclaim the City together with Ndifuna Ukwazi will hold a public meeting to discuss a way forward. The conversation is open to the…
Statement in Support of SAITF and SERI SA against Hate Speech and Threats Date: 2 August 2022 We as civic organisations here undersigned, condemn the hate speech and cyberbullying, in the form of doxing, by Councillor Nkululeko Mbundu, party representative for Action SA and MMC for Economic Development in the City of Johannesburg, directed at…
Ndifuna Ukwazi response to the Mayor of Cape Town’s Council Address, 28 July 2022: We can’t applaud the City for progress on well-located affordable housing. It has been five years since 11 pieces of public land in Woodstock, Salt River and the inner city were earmarked for affordable housing and social housing, only today the…
PETITION: The City of Cape Town has to properly address the need for well-located land & housing, instead of criminalising (fining and arresting) those who need it! Sign here and demand that the City of Cape Town rescind the Unlawful Occupation By-Law NOW! https://bit.ly/38LXfQj The City’s Draft Unlawful Occupation By-Law criminalises unlawful occupation by creating several…
NDIFUNA UKWAZI PRESS RELEASE: 11 May 2022 HUMAN SETTLEMENTS BUDGET VOTE EXPOSES STALLING DELIVERY, OFFERS NO TANGIBLE STRATEGY On Tuesday, 9 May, the National Minister of Human Settlements Mmamoloko Kubayi released the 2022 Human Settlements Budget Vote that stipulates how the South African government will deliver government-subsidised housing across all provinces. The budget vote from the…
