District six
108 District Six land claimants to move into new homes on 24 July
All of them were forcibly removed from their homes when the area was declared a 'whites only' area under the Apartheid Group Areas Act.
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CoCT granted final interdict against unlawful occupation of D6 restitution land
The order prevents any persons from entering or occupying the land, erecting or completing structures. The order further prohibits anyone from intimidating, threatening, harassing or assaulting or in any way interfering with the work of officials, councillors and law enforcement.
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CoCT obtains court interdict against land grabbers in District Six
Makeshift shelters have been popping up on a piece of land earmarked for development.
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Oldest living District Six land claimant turns 100, last wish is to die there
Mr and Mrs Khan lived with their six children in the Bailey Flats in Hanover Street, close to the Avalon Bioscope and owned the Bombay Café, also known as Dout’s Café, which was famous for its Indian and Cape Malay cuisine.
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District 6 land claimants closer to return with dept set to name 108 homeowners
The Department of Land Reform said that it had now completed its administrative process.
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More delays for District Six families waiting to occupy new homes
Hundreds of families who have been on the waiting list for more than 30 years have been told they will move into their new homes at the end of April.
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District Six committee asks govt to clarify restitution plan for 108 claimants
This comes after the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development submitted its quarterly plan to the committee.
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Govt urged to speed up plans to return land claimants to District Six
This comes after plans to return 108 claimants were delayed by another month.
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Another delay as 108 District Six claimants are due to move into new homes
The District Six working committee on Monday said government informed them that the handing over of the homes would now be at the end of May and not this month as previously planned.
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55 years after forced removals, hope is blooming for District Six claimants
After one of the most callous dispossessions of apartheid, more than 100 District Six claimants will soon be able to return to the place they once called home.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Places of memory and a post-COVID reckoning
With the news that the future of the District Six Museum is in peril, Judith February says that within our deeply divided and scarred society, it’s imperative to ask what matters to us.
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CoCT to embark on online public engagements about future of District Six
The city is starting a database for people who want to be part of the rebuilding process that would be open to claimants, residents, civic, and NPOs and anyone else with an interest in the project.
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Comedian Soli Philander expected to appear in court today
Philander was apprehended on Saturday after he took to social media where he alleged that a young girl was living with a paedophile in a District Six Community Centre.
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De Lille: No forced removals in SA ever again
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille was addressing claimants at a commemoration of the District Six forced removals at the Castle of Good Hope at the weekend.
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Dan Plato assures District Six claimants they will be relocated
Plato says the relocation will be done in a smooth and orderly manner.
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De Lille tells District Six claimants there will be no more delays
District Six residents who were forcibly removed from their homes under the then Group Areas Act have come to hear plans to move them back to the area.
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Long road home for Cape Town's apartheid dispossessed
South Africa's white minority government in 1966 listed District 6 as a "white" area under its racial segregation policy. Most residents were forcibly moved because they were black or mixed-race and bulldozers destroyed their homes.
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District 6 return no longer a pipe dream - Ajam
The District Six Working Committee met with claimants over the weekend to present Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza's plan for the redevelopment of the area.
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District Six working comm provides feedback on restitution plan
In December, Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Thoko Didiza submitted a plan on the redevelopment of District Six to the Land Claims Court for residents who lodged claims between 1994 and 1998.
