A group of Bromwell Street residents, who are facing eviction from their homes in Woodstock, have recently lodged a Judicial Services Commission complaint and a recusal application against the Acting Judge Leslie Weinkove for alleged discriminatory comments made during court proceedings. Legal representatives for Bromwell street residents said they are[…]
The wealthy must stop turning poor people into ”refugees in their own town’, said Cape Town’s Anglican Church, as it threw its weight behind Woodstock’s soon-to-be-evicted Bromwell Street residents. ”It is shocking that the poor have to resort to the courts to fight for their democratic right to a home[…]
OPINION by Sipho Hlonwane It has been a grotesque week in South Africa. Where to start. Perhaps with the news that in order to save some cash, the Gauteng department of health shipped off 94 people who were in need of medical assistance to their deaths. There’s no other conclusion[…]
The Woodstock Hub and the City of Cape Town want to recover legal costs from the 27 people taking them to court over their planned relocation to the Wolwerivier emergency housing camp, the Western Cape High Court heard on Wednesday. In addition the R75 000 raised for them through crowdfunding,[…]
The Ndifuna Ukwazi Law Centre will on Tuesday head to the Western Cape High Court to represent families facing eviction from Bromwell Street, Woodstock. Bromwell Street residents protested outside the Old Biscuit Mill in Woodstock in August over the proposed evictions. The sit-in brought the “struggle against evictions to the[…]
Families facing eviction from their Woodstock homes say they will be left unemployed and their children without schools, should they be relocated to Wolwerivier. “We went to Wolwerivier last year and there is no life there. Most of us work night shift at places in the area, so if we[…]
Families facing eviction from their Woodstock homes say they will be left unemployed and their children without schools, should they be relocated to Wolwerivier. “We went to Wolwerivier last year and there is no life there. Most of us work night shift at places in the area, so if we[…]
Families of Bromwell Street in Salt River can breathe another sigh of relief after a delay in their eviction. Residents were initially to be evicted on the 26th of September after their houses were bought by The Woodstock Hub. The Western Cape High Court has however delayed the process after[…]
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