In abandoned Cape Town hospital, squeezed residents heal wounds of gentrification eNCA
An activist stands in an abandoned hospital occupied by a group called Reclaim the City in Woodstock, Cape Town.CAPE TOWN - Bevil Lucas never imagined that his doctor's old Cape Town office would one day be his bedroom.
When apartheid was introduced in 1948, it created separate development areas in Cape Town for different racial groups, formally expanding the colonial style of urban development established in the 18th century. "I sympathise with everybody who is vulnerable," he said in an interview conducted on the streets of Cape Town."But I cannot allow anarchy to exist."
The activists have also established a daycare, a tuck shop, and a vegetable garden. There is a cleaning roster and a disciplinary committee to manage disputes, and residents coordinate free, communal meals once a week.With about 4 million people, Cape Town is considered the third most racially segregated city in the country, according to government data.
"I couldn't thank God enough," said the part-time cleaner, who uses room dividers and lace fabric to turn her single room into a home for her family of two children.In September 2018, the Western Cape province announced plans to turn the Helen Bowden Nurses Home -- about 5km from the Woodstock hospital and which some 500 RTC activists currently occupy -- into 300 affordable housing units.
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