Each day about 20 families, with all the belongings they could fit, were moved by truck. Cona and his family were one of the last to lose their homes.
“It was the end of the world for us,” says Cona. “We never even knew where we were going.”
The first 33 Redhill units have already been completed and will be handed over once electrification is done, said Booi. Her father continued working at the naval dockyard, waking up at 4am to take the bus to Simon’s Town from Gugulethu. She grew up hearing the stories of Luyolo community life. “Later I started going to Camps Bay, where I joined some of the long-distance [sea] swimmers,” says Cona.
“I took down every detail in the meeting, and then I campaigned in our community for Luyolo descendants to come and claim. I called a meeting and fortunately the community came in droves,” says Cona.
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