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Media: ‘Shack here please’

13 07 2011

Jul 13, 2011 | Peter Dlamini | Sowetan

DA council orders man to raze his brick house in squatter area

THE City of Cape Town says a man who built a brick house in an informal settlement must tear it down because it is a safety hazard.

Though the city has no intention of demolishing any of the shacks in the West Beach informal settlement in Cape Town’s Du Noon, they have given Dayi Mondreki, 48, until today to tear down his house or else they will demolish it.

Mondreki was lauded by his neighbours for building a better home for his four children after living for 11 years in a rickety shack.

But the city’s anti-land invasion unit head Stephen Hayward confirmed that the city had served Mondreki with a notice to demolish his house. Read the rest of this entry »

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Media: Blikkiesdorp only option for Delft squatters – City

20 10 2009

October 14, 2009 Edition 1

ESTHER LEWIS Staff Reporter

MEDIATION efforts between the City of Cape Town and the pavement dwellers in Symphony Way in Delft have begun, with little progress being made.

The Cape High Court ruled the residents would have to move from the pavement to the temporary relocation area of Blikkiesdorp, but left the two parties to negotiate timeframes, dates, and how many would be moved at a time. Read the rest of this entry »

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Homeless fight Cape Town city

4 06 2009

04 June 2009
Anna Majavu – The Sowetan

TAKING A STAND: Khayelitsha residents marched to the Cape Town mayor’s offices last week protesting against being forcibly removed from vacant land in Macassar near Khayelitsha . PHOTO: ANNA MAJAVU

It is raining and cold there … babies are sitting in the rain

MORE than 200 back-yard residents are caught up in a legal battle with the city of Cape Town for occupying land in Macassar, near Khayelitsha.

The group, organised by Abahlali baseMjondolo Western Cape, said they were tired of paying R500 to rent rooms in back yards so they have built shacks on the vacant land.

Abahlali baseMjondolo scored an early victory against the city when they won a Cape high court interdict preventing the city from demolishing their shacks.

But the city’s anti-land invasions unit destroyed the shacks anyway.

Vusi Matikinca, the group’s attorney, told Sowetan yesterday: “It is raining and cold there. There are babies sitting in the rain.

“The city acted unlawfully because they did not abide by the Prevention of Illegal Evictions Act. They said the land belonged to us and you have no right to come here. Read the rest of this entry »