D6: A painful reminder of the past

11 February 2016 • News, VOC News • 1 Comment

“Every time I walk or drive pass District Six I can see my house still standing there…that is where I was born. It is so heart sore to come to town and go back…you know that feeling of not being able to go home.” This is how 59 year old[…]

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We remain committed to returning claimants to District Six: De Lille

11 February 2016 • Local, News • 1 Comment

Fifty years after the apartheid government declared District Six a whites-only area, Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille said the city continued to do all it could to see the rightful claimants returned to the area. Following the declaration under the Group Areas Act on February 11, 1966, more than[…]

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D6 claimants to march to Mayor’s office

3 November 2015 • News, VOC News • No Comments

On Wednesday, hundreds of aggrieved claimants will march to the Mayor’s office to voice their disapproval with the land claims process in District Six. The march is being organised by the District 6 Working Committee (D6WC) and represents all unsatisfied land claimants and many of whom are well over pension[…]

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Claremont land claims suffer delays

14 September 2015 • News, VOC News • No Comments

The mistaken transfer of a tennis court is having undue consequences for the restitution process in Claremont, according to the Claremont Beneficiary Trust. Claimants whose families were forcibly removed from the area as a result of the old Group Areas Act have been forced to endure a further delay of[…]

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Fracas over rental of D6 homes

29 May 2015 • News, VOC News • No Comments

Residents and claimants within the District Six restitution process have expressed dismay that several beneficiaries have opted to rent out their allocated properties to ‘foreigners’. This comes amidst complaints that the process of reintegrating historically displaced families back into the areas has hit a snag, with houses not going up[…]

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Simonstown land returned to Aziz family

24 April 2015 • News, VOC News • No Comments

It may have been a wait spanning decades, but all that was forgotten when the Aziz family were finally returned their land on Thursday. Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille handed over a title deed for erf 604 in Cotton Lane, Simons Town to the Aziz family in a special[…]

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D6WC hails meeting

16 March 2015 • News, VOC News • No Comments

The District Six Working Committee (D6WC) said they have been overwhelmed by the attendance of land restitution claimants who attended their meeting on Saturday. The meeting which was held at the Blackpool sports complex in Salt River meeting attracted 1000 people. D6WC CEO Seraj Jenkings said claimants expressed their increased[…]

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D6 Trust slates restitution decisions

25 August 2014 • News, VOC News • No Comments

The District Six Beneficiary and Redevelopment Trust (D6 Trust) has criticised some of the outcomes of Saturday’s claimants meeting, most notably the proposed establishment of a Community Property Association (CPA). The meeting was hosted by the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Gugile Nkwinti, focused solely at those who[…]

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D6 meeting resolves key issues

23 August 2014 • News, VOC News • 1 Comment

At a highly-charged meeting at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) on Saturday, several important resolutions were taken to move phase 3 of the District Six restitution process forward. Whilst things got off too a late start, 1100 beneficiaries gathered CPUT hall – only those who lodged land claims[…]

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Land claims process to be faster

4 August 2014 • News, VOC News • No Comments

Since the historic signing into law of the Land Restitution and Amendment Bill, and the subsequent reopening of the land claims process, the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform has received just under 5 500 new land claims applications. Amongst those, the department has noted a high number of[…]

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