We provide community organising support to families, communities and social movements fighting for access to land and housing by providing rights-based popular education, strengthening local leadership structures and leadership capacity, building solidarity among communities and social movements facing similar challenges, and encouraging greater community participation to address their collective struggles.
Almost three decades after apartheid, Cape Town remains one of the most unequal cities in the world in terms of race and income. As a result, hundreds of thousands of people have resorted to living in inadequate conditions in vacant public buildings or the mushrooming informal settlements and backyard dwellings on the outskirts of the city. These are some of the poorest South Africans, whose vulnerability is exacerbated by their social and economic exclusion and geographic isolation. Many of these communities struggle to access basic services (such as decent sanitation), economic opportunities, and social amenities like schools, hospitals and clinics.
We provide community organising support to families, communities and social movements fighting for access to land and housing by building leadership capacity, strengthening local leadership structures, providing rights-based popular education, building solidarity among communities and social movements facing similar challenges, and encouraging greater community participation to address their collective struggles.
Through this work, we have supported and contributed to strengthening communities and social movements across the city, who are able to champion their own interests and assert their human dignity. We work closely with the social movement Reclaim the City, and communities in Imizamo Yethu, Khayelitsha, Wolwerivier as well as Lanquedoc and the Stellenbosch Backyarders Forum in the Stellenbosh municipality.
This is a vibrant political education space co-created with land and housing movements & activists across Cape Town. Together, we’ll dive into the big, urgent questions raised by activists and residents like you, from resisting displacement and reclaiming public land for community use, to building cities that are truly just, inclusive, and livable for all.
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 or resist unjust evictions. The 10-week course will begin 1 April 2026.
We are a collective of youth from diverse movements and communities across Cape Town, working to support one another and other young people. We bring youth together for activities that not only address the issues we face in our communities but also create space to share and reclaim our stories. Through these engagements, we explore how our struggles connect to the broader fight for land and housing, while advancing narrative justice — challenging harmful narratives, amplifying our voices, and ensuring that our lived experiences shape the stories told about our communities and our futures.
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