Bromwell street
City argues Wolwerivier 'appropriate' for Bromwell Street residents
The residents are rejecting the municipality's offer of emergency housing in Wolwerivier, a temporary relocation almost 30km from the city centre.
The Woodstock residents are demanding the City of Cape Town help them by providing emergency accommodation close to where they are living.
27 Bromwell Street residents are being evicted from a private property, which is to be developed. The city wants to relocate them 60 kilometres from their current homes.
Woodstock residents say they're not fighting their eviction, but they don't want to be moved to Wolwerivier, a settlement about 30km from the CBD.
Albert Road resident Charmaine Marcus says that residents will continue fighting to stay in the area, just like the Bromwell Street group is doing.
Residents had wanted Weinkove to step away from the matter because of comments he made which they called “offensive”.
Residents filed an application for Acting Judge Leslie Weinkove to recuse himself because of 'offensive comments'.
Residents say they entered into a verbal agreement with the landlord, in which he told them to use their rent money to fix damages caused by a fire in 2014.
The residents are seeking a court order declaring the City has a constitutional obligation to provide emergency accommodation close to where they currently live.
The attorney representing the residents says they feel that acting Judge Leslie Weinkove may be biased following his comments in court.
Wolwerivier was offered as an emergency accommodation for several Bromwell Street families facing eviction.
The City of Cape Town has offered several families facing eviction emergency accommodation in the temporary settlement in Atlantis.
The matter between the municipality and Bromwell Street residents resumed on Wednesday in the Western Cape High Court.
The land where affected residents homes are located has been sold to a private developer.
Residents are requesting the municipality provide them with accommodation close to the Woodstock or Salt River areas.
The residents, on the brink of losing their homes, are hoping for a positive outcome next time they face the City in court.
About 26 adults and more than a dozen children are on the brink of losing their homes in Bromwell Street after the private property they were living on was sold to developers.
41 adults and 17 children in the Woodstock community are currently involved in a legal battle with City of Cape Town.
The court was to rule on whether the City of Cape Town has a constitutional responsibility to assist them to find suitable accommodation.