The lawyer representing a group of families facing eviction from their Woodstock homes has asked for the City of Cape Town’s assistance to find alternative accommodation for them. The group of about 15 families, who live in a block converted into apartments in Albert Road, were served with eviction notices[…]
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[…]
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[…]
Provincial Human Settlements MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela says no eviction notices has been served to residents of the block of flats on De Waal drive in Zonnebloem. The minister held a press briefing on Friday in response to media reports claiming that residents of the De Waal apartments were told to[…]
The City of Cape Town has withdrawn the notices terminating lease agreements with 26 tenants living in City-owned properties along South Road in Wynberg. In a statement released on Thursday, the City said that while litigation seemed unavoidable, “we only want to proceed once we are convinced that all possible[…]
On a small alley in Jerusalem’s Old City, a Palestinian family is fighting both Israeli government and Jewish settler pressure to stay in a home they have lived in more than half a century. After a day of fighting with police and Jewish settlers bent on kicking them out of[…]
A Cape Town Muslim woman has successfully challenged the right to stay in her marital home after her ex-husband tried to evict her. On Thursday, the Goodwood Magistrate’s Court dismissed the application of Adnaan Isaacs to evict his ex-wife, Gadija Isaacs from the marital home, which they resided in during[…]
Photo: Andriques Che Petersen The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) have been coaxed into an arrangement by Transport Minister Dipuo Peters and Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu to allow recently evicted residents of Lwandle in Strand’s Nomzamo informal settlement to continue staying there for a short period of[…]
Photo: Andriques Che Petersen “I was standing here yesterday, watching this happen. I didn’t understand what it was because it was so strange. Some of my friends lived there, but now after the shacks were broken down I haven’t seen them.” So said Akhona* who stood with me observing the[…]
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