Imizamo yethu protest
[WATCH] Imizamo Yethu residents stage peaceful protest
The residents have been at loggerheads with the City of Cape Town since last year when a fire devastated the area.
The residents have been at loggerheads with the City of Cape Town since last year when a fire devastated the area.
There've been sporadic protests by angry Imizamo Yethu residents who want the reblocking process speeded up.
Police Minister Fikile Mbalula visited Hout Bay on Sunday following a flare-up in violent protests, which he has pinned on ‘a rented mob’.
Minister of Police, Fikile Mbalula visited the Hout Bay community following violent protests in the area. Mbalula engaged with community leaders.
Two houses were torched while foreign-owned shops and a local African National Congress (ANC) office were vandalized last week.
The body of a 19-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to his chest on Saturday morning.
Police have opened an inquest docket after the body of a man was found amid violent demonstrations in Hout Bay.
The houses of two community leaders were set alight on Thursday afternoon by a group of balaclava-clad attackers.
The trouble started when law enforcement officials removed 52 structures standing in the way of the city's 'super-blocking' efforts.
Independent Police Investigative Directorate spokesperson, Moses Dlamini, says that a magistrate will now be appointed to hear the case.
Angry residents went on the rampage for several days demanding redevelopment of the community be speeded up.
The man was shot during violent demonstrations near Imizamo Yethu on Monday.
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille on Monday met with residents who say that they're frustrated by the slow pace of rebuilding the area, following a deadly fire in March.
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille says plans are in place to start moving some people left destitute by a shack fire back into Imizamo Yethu.
The mayor visited the area on Monday following days of violent protests.
Four arrests have been made as destructive demonstrations resumed on Monday leading to clashes with police.
Imizamo Yethu Residents are angry at the slow pace of rebuilding the area after a devastating fire in March.
Resident Pierre Labuschagne says the protesters gained access to their street through a broken fence at the newly built school.