LANDMARK CONSTITUTIONAL COURT VICTORY FOR SPATIAL HOUSING JUSTICE TAFELBERG JUDGMENT A TURNING POINT FOR SPATIAL EQUALITY #RECLAIM THE CITY In brief: Today, the Constitutional Court ruled that the Western Cape Government and City of Cape Town breached their duty to provide affordable housing in central Cape…
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…
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…
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…
Press Release 2 October 2024 On Monday 1 October 2024, the City of Cape Town announced that the mayoral committee had given its approval to conduct public participation for the redevelopment of the Mowbray Golf Course. The City has stated that it intends to create a mixed-use, mixed-income development at Mowbray Golf Course including affordable…
Joint Statement – Reclaim the City & Ndifuna Ukwazi Immediate Release 28 August 2024 Cissie Gool House proposed eviction – A convenient excuse for CoCT’s lack of well-located affordable housing? Reclaim the City and Ndifuna Ukwazi are both extremely concerned about the City of Cape Town’s ongoing reluctance to meaningfully engage with the occupiers of…
20 June 2024 Ndifuna Ukwazi (NU) and Reclaim the City (RTC) have filed for leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court against the recent judgment by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in the Tafelberg Case. The sale of the Tafelberg property in 2015 triggered massive outcry and brought to the fore the debate on…
Joint Press Release: COVID-19, Housing Assembly, Indibano Yabahlali, Ndifuna Ukwazi, and Reclaim the City Date: 24 April 2024 Images: [link to High Res Images: https://jmp.sh/2eltY3e4] Land4PeopleNot4Parking #Land4PeopleNot4Parking #DesegregateCT How can the parking of government cars for part of the day be more important than providing roofs over people’s heads? Could the storage of immobile government…
16 February 2024 Premiere Winde Whitewashes Tafelberg Site The Western Cape Government is attempting to whitewash the years of struggle for the site known as Tafelberg by now referring to it as 353 on Main Road, Sea Point On 8 February 2024, the Province posted notices on the site and on their website inviting any…
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…