Anticipation mounts as the Western Cape Government and housing activists await the Constitutional Court's ruling on the Tafelberg case, a pivotal moment in the fight against spatial apartheid and for affordable housing in Cape Town.
It will be a test of patience for both the Western Cape Government , and housing activist organisation and law centre , Ndifuna Ukwazi i , as they await judgment from the Constitutional Court in the highly publicised Tafelberg case.
Since 2016, housing activists had been trying to get the sale set aside. In November 2015, the province sold the plot of land that had formerly housed the Tafelberg Remedial School to Phyllis Jowell Jewish Day School for R135 million. The land had previously been earmarked for affordable housing. NU believes their case aligns with the recent Bromwell Street ruling, in which Ndifuna Ukwazi was also involved, which emphasised the state’s obligation to provide dignified housing solutions in well-located urban areas.
When the Supreme Court of Appeal’s judgment came down, it upheld the appeal by the Western Cape Government.
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