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  • Hundreds of activists from across Cape Town marched in the CBD for land. Residents from some of the poorest areas in the city used the movement to voice their frustrations. Picture: Bertram Malgas/EWN

    [WATCH] Activists march for land in CT

    Hundreds of activists from across Cape Town marched in the CBD for land.

    1530 days ago
  • FILE: Residents who are facing eviction from Woodstock due to failure to pay rent outside today. Picture: Monique Mortlock/EWN

    City of CT: Low cost housing in Woodstock will regenerate area

    This comes after a flyer was distributed in Woodstock raising concerns over the plans.

    1649 days ago
  • FILE: Residents who are facing eviction from Woodstock due to failure to pay rent outside today. Picture: Monique Mortlock/EWN

    [OPINION] Reclaim the City needs to reclaim the cause

    Haji Mohamed Dawjee says we forget that in some instances even protest is a privilege.

    1668 days ago
  • FILE: Premier of the Western Cape Helen Zille. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    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.

    1767 days ago
  • The Helen Bowden Nurses' Home in Green Point. Picture: Picture: Moeketsi Moticoe/EWN

    [LISTEN] The new defiance campaign: Inside the Helen Bowden occupation

    Rahima Essop takes you inside the campaign for affordable housing in one of the most segregated cities in the country.

    1768 days ago
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    [WATCH] Occupying the Helen Bowden Nurses’ Home

    The Helen Bowden Nurses’ Home in Green Point has become the site of a defiant campaign for affordable housing in Cape Town due to a shortage of affordable housing options in the inner city.

    1768 days ago
  • FILE: Reclaim the City protesters occupy the Helen Bowden Nurses' Home. Picture: Lindsay Dentlinger/EWN.

    '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.

    1773 days ago
  • Protesters for affordable housing in Cape Town protest at the Affordable Housing conference. Picture: Rahima Essop/EWN

    Housing activists call on City of CT to give deadlines on affordable housing

    Reclaim the City, a social movement campaigning for affordable housing, says that the city’s proposed new changes are a 'small victory'.

    1775 days ago
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    [WATCH] Woodstock Residents stage peak-hour picket

    Woodstock residents, along with activists from lobby group Reclaim the City, staged a picket on the Searle Street pedestrian bridge.

    1783 days ago
  • Woodstock residents along with activists from lobby group Reclaim the City picketing on the Searle Street pedestrian bridge above the Nelson Mandela Boulevard on 11 July 2017. Picture: Monique Mortlock/EWN

    Woodstock residents continue protests against gentrification of area

    Woodstock residents along with activists from lobby group Reclaim the City are picketing on the Searle Street pedestrian bridge.

    1783 days ago
  • FILE: Reclaim the City staged a peaceful protest at the Woodstock Hospital on 27 March 2017. Picture: Lindsay Dentlinger/EWN.

    Woodstock residents facing eviction meet to discuss gentrification

    Woodstock residents who are facing eviction are banding together to find a way to stay close to the place they call home.

    1785 days ago
  • FILE: Reclaim the City protesters occupy the Helen Bowden Nurses Home. Picture: Lindsay Dentlinger/EWN.

    Reclaim the City occupies CT nurses home

    The demonstrators say they will not leave until he Western Cape government meets their demands for affordable housing for the poor.

    1883 days ago
  • Reclaim the City staged a peaceful protest at the Woodstock Hospital on Monday, 27 March  2017. Picture: Lindsay Dentlinger/EWN.

    Activists vow to continue occupying former WC hospitals

    The old Woodstock hospital has been occupied in a protest aimed at forcing authorities to introduce more social housing in the city centre.

    1888 days ago
  • FILE: Reclaim the City protesters occupy the Helen Bowden Nurses Home. Picture: Lindsay Dentlinger/EWN.

    Helen Zille: Reclaim the City protest self-serving & dishonest

    The Premier's office says the group is trying to take credit for affordable housing projects initiated by provincial government.

    1889 days ago
  • FILE: Reclaim the City staged a peaceful protest at the Woodstock Hospital on Monday, 27 March 2017. Picture: Lindsay Dentlinger/EWN

    They want to put us in the bush – residents

    Reclaim the City supporters staged a peaceful protest in response to a decision by provincial cabinet to continue with the sale of the former Tafelberg Remedial School site.

    1889 days ago
  • FILE: Western Cape Housing MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela. Picture: Supplied.

    Actvist group plans to fight City of CT over Tafelberg site sale

    The provincial Cabinet has given the green light for the multi-million rand sale of the site.

    1893 days ago
  • FILE: The Tafelberg Remedial School site in Sea Point. Picture: Natalie Malgas/EWN

    Helen Zille denies claims Tafelberg school site sale has been compromised

    The R135 million deal was halted in April following a High Court interdict.

    2141 days ago
  • Murals at the Sea Point promenade. Picture: @TyronneMcC via Twitter.

    Cape activists use art to highlight social inequalities

    Members of Ufuna Ukwazi & the Social Justice Coalition drew murals on the Sea Point promenade.

    2184 days ago
  • The organisation took the matter to court last month claiming provincial government had to failed gather adequate public participation prior to the sale. Picture: Natalie Malgas/EWN.

    ‘Reclaim the City’ wins court interdict in Tafelberg site sale case

    The organisation this is a small victory in its campaign to see the establishment of affordable housing.

    2215 days ago
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