Land sale battle: Social activists, govt square off in court over R135m Sea Point sale | itchybyte
Social activist groups Reclaim the City and Ndifuna Ukwazi are challenging the Western Cape government's decision to sell prime land in the Cape Town suburb of Sea Point to a private buyer on the grounds that it should rather be used for social housing and reversing apartheid spatial planning.
"Over the past two decades, government has failed to meaningfully integrate black and coloured people working close to the city centre," said the activists' lawyer Pete Hathorn. Only the top 20% of South Africa's income earners can afford to live in the inner city itself, which is 1.6km square, the court heard.
There were also problems between the City and the provincial government in terms of getting land released for affordable and social housing.
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