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Zille and housing activists hold ‘fruitful’ meeting

Reclaim the City (RTC) activists met with Premier Helen Zille on August 3 to discuss RTC's objections to the application by the province for rezoning of the Somerset Precinct. Earlier that day, at about 4am, the RTC members had protested outside her house, GroundUp reported. The Somerset Precinct, situated between V&A Waterfront and the Cape Town stadium, will consist of both business and housing under the rezoning application. The proposal […]

today9 August 2017

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Who are the occupants of the abandoned Woodstock Hospital?

By Najma Bibi Noor Mahomed Cape Town – The abandoned Woodstock Hospital is currently being occupied by some of The City of Cape Town's homeless. Though some of the occupants were evicted from their homes, there are a number of occupants who were forced to live on the streets prior to the alleged illegal occupation of the building. While you and I enjoy our warm beds, sipping soup and curling […]

today25 July 2017

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Reclaim the City vow to continue ‘occupation’

As part of calls to have the City of Cape Town transform the inner City into an inclusive space, activist movement Reclaim the City over the weekend began occupying abandoned rooms in Woodstock Hospital and Helen Bowden Nursing Home building. In total, 12 activists are occupying the two buildings with some 100 supporters rallying on the outside. Reclaim the City, supported by the NGO Ndifuna Ukwazi, have been campaigning for […]

today27 March 2017

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Reclaim the City occupies two buildings in CT

Activists from Reclaim the City have occupied two provincial government buildings since Friday in the hope of pressuring authorities to develop affordable inner city accommodation in Cape Town. This follows an announcement by the Western Cape provincial government on Wednesday that the Tafelberg School property in Sea Point would be sold to fund the refurbishment of governmental offices in Dorp Street. In a statement, Reclaim the City said activists occupied […]

today27 March 2017

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Reclaim the City hangs laundry at Western Cape SOPA

Non-profit organisation Reclaim the City on Tuesday hung out “laundry” during the debate on the Western Cape State of the Province Address (SOPA), to object to the lack of inner city housing. “No deal on Tafelberg”, “land for the people not for profit” and “Is the provincial property committee broken?” were some of the phrases written on clothes the group’s members displayed in the provincial legislature. In a statement, Reclaim […]

today22 February 2017

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