Ndifuna ukwazi
CoCT defends proposed amendments to noise nuisances by-law
According to the Criminal Procedure Act a warrant is needed when seizing items and there are only a few exceptions to that rule.
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WC govt has no obligation to deliver inner-city social housing, court hears
Housing activists challenged the provincial government’s decision to sell the Tafelberg property to a private buyer.
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Activist group wants R135m CT property sold by govt to be used for housing
The provincial government sold the Sea Point property to the Phyllis Jowell Jewish Day School for R135 million about four years ago.
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City of CT faces legal action over affordable housing in CBD
The application asks the High Court to review and set aside the City’s approval of a high-rise building in the CBD.
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Plato: CoCT considering buying Woodstock Hospital from WC govt
The hospital has been occupied by homeless and evicted residents since 2017, who dubbed it Cissie Gool House.
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City of CT says sale of prime land is above board
Organisations said the city could have used the piece of land to build affordable housing units for Capetonians.
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Very little being done to rectify apartheid spatial injustices - Ndifuna Ukwazi
Over the past 11 months, the City of Cape Town has approved building plans to the value of R20.4 billion.
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Activist group questions plans for 'inclusionary housing' in Sea Point
The Berman Brothers group had initially planned to have 20% of the property reserved to be rented to tenants with a monthly income of less than R18,000.
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Ndifuna Ukwazi to appeal City of Cape Town's decision on Sea Point development
Ndifuna Ukwazi said the City of Cape Town's municipal planning tribunal had approved the development on condition that the maximum monthly household income be increased to R20,000.
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Ndifuna Ukwazi: CoCT ignoring national legislation if Foreshore project approved
The Harbour Arch is a 5.8-hectare development which will include six towers comprising apartments and shops.
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Ndifuna Ukwazi: Harbour Arch development will deepen CT class divisions
According to property developer Amdec, Harbour Arch is set to be the ‘first and largest mixed-use development of its kind in the Cape Town CBD’.
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Protesters demanding houses occupy Green Point bowling green
Activist Nkosikhona Swartbooi says they are at the Green Point bowling green to hold deputy mayor Ian Neilson accountable to a promise he made in 2018.
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Ndifuna Ukwazi: CT inner-city housing stock needs to stay affordable
The group wants the developers to commit to including affordable housing in its plans as FWJK's current promise of 'entry-level, lower-cost apartments' is 'too vague'.
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Zille: Affordable housing in well-located areas a priority
Helen Zille and Ndifuna Ukwazi locked horns recently over the provincial government's decision to sell a prime spot in Sea Point.
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‘Plan to rezone Somerset Hospital precinct does not mean shut down’
Ndifuna Ukwazi has complained the province's redevelopment proposal makes mention of just 300 affordable housing units.
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Civil group files objection to WC's plan to develop Somerset Hospital precinct
The area is planned for mixed-use development which includes shops, hotels, offices and residential units.
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Ndifuna Ukwazi raises red flags over plans to rezone CT's Somerset Hospital area
The provincial Transport and Public Works Department has submitted a rezoning application to the municipality for the site which includes the old Helen Bowden Nurses' Home.
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'You guys don’t belong here, you need to leave'
Affordable housing campaigners in Green Point are crying foul after an armed group tried to force them out of the building that they’re occupying.
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'ConCourt ruling on CT housing dispute fails to address morality'
On Thursday the Constitutional Court ruled in favour of a Cape Town brick manufacturing company by confirming an eviction order against former employees.
