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Local

ConCourt declares Cape Town’s emergency housing policy unconstitutional

The Constitutional Court issued a landmark ruling last week in the Bromwell Street case, upholding the Bromwell family’s appeal and declaring the City of Cape Town’s emergency housing programme unconstitutional. Disha Govender, attorney and Head of the Ndifuna Ukwazi Law Centre, highlighted the significance of the ruling for vulnerable communities in Cape Town. “It means that the most vulnerable in our communities can no longer be completely shoved to the […]

today24 December 2024

News

Recusal hearing against “discriminatory” Bromwell Street judge set for May

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 concerned that the Judge has a particular bias which might influence his decision. The Ndifuna uKwazi Law Centre  has lodged […]

today11 April 2017

Local

Wealthy turning Woodstock residents into refugees, says church

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 close to their place of work, school, essential services and livelihood opportunities,'' said Bishop Garth Counsell in a statement on […]

today13 February 2017

Opinions

Esidimeni, Bromwell Street, Christo Wiese Reveal SA’s Ruthless War Against The Poor

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 to draw, if you read the health ombudsman's report on the man-made disaster that was the decision to move patients […]

today6 February 2017

Local

Judgment reserved in Bromwell Street application

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, with R50 000 seeded by the Woodstock Hub, is no longer available to them, the company's lawyer Ross Randall said. […]

today2 February 2017

Local

Ndifuna Ukwazi Law Centre to represent Bromwell Street residents

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 heart of gentrification," Reclaim the City said at the time. The Woodstock Hub bought the land in 2013. Tenants lost […]

today31 January 2017

Local

Bromwell Street tenants fear relocation to outskirts of CPT

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 have to move far away, we’ll lose our jobs,” said tenant Charnell Commando. In 2013, a company called The Woodstock […]

today27 January 2017

Local

Bromwell Street tenants fear relocation to outskirts of city

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 have to move far away, we’ll lose our jobs,” said tenant Charnell Commando. In 2013, a company called The Woodstock […]

today27 January 2017

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