The relief relates only to the urgent matters of restoration of materials and permission to return to the land. The matter will be heard in full after the Covid-19 lockdown has ended.
Empolweni residents, legal representatives, and community activists from Khayelitsha CAN outside the Western Cape High Court, which ruled that residents whose shacks were demolished can return to the land.by the City of Cape Town won a victory in the Western Cape High Court on Friday.GroundUp reported that Judge Bryan Hack ruled that the city must allow 130 people to return to Empolweni and must give back the residents their building materials.
The order is contingent on no more people moving to the site. The Empolweni community has agreed to prevent further erection of structures on the site. If they are unable to prevent further building, they are to report this to the city through their attorneys at the Legal Resources Centre. Civil society organisations — the Social Justice Coalition and Ndifuna Ukwazi — have agreed to assist the residents with the implementation of the order.
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