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Gentrification

Bromwell ruling highlights urgent need for housing reform in Cape Town's displacement crisis

South Africa

Bromwell ruling highlights urgent need for housing reform in Cape Town's displacement crisis

By Jonty Cogger

Bromwell Street evictions — ConCourt justices raise spectre of ‘spatial apartheid’ and ‘District Six form of displacement’

South Africa

Bromwell Street evictions — ConCourt justices raise spectre of ‘spatial apartheid’ and ‘District Six form of displacement’

By Takudzwa Pongweni

Bo-Kaap and District Six plan passed — residents, opposition say public participation was inadequate

Politics

Bo-Kaap and District Six plan passed — residents, opposition say public participation was inadequate

By Matthew Hirsch

Cape Town’s emergency housing programme is ‘arbitrary’ and unconstitutional, says court

South Africa

Cape Town’s emergency housing programme is ‘arbitrary’ and unconstitutional, says court

By Tania Broughton

What good is art if it satisfies only the imaginaries of artists?

South Africa

What good is art if it satisfies only the imaginaries of artists?

By Ismail Lagardien

Cape Town city council votes in favour of Bo-Kaap’s heritage protection

South Africa

Cape Town city council votes in favour of Bo-Kaap’s heritage protection

By Suné Payne

Bo-Kaap must have heritage status, say residents of the country’s oldest Muslim settlement

South Africa

Bo-Kaap must have heritage status, say residents of the country’s oldest Muslim settlement

By Suné Payne

Crane delays: Bo-Kaap residents cheer as developer's crane barred from area temporarily

South Africa

Crane delays: Bo-Kaap residents cheer as developer's crane barred from area temporarily

By News24

Bo-Kaap residents rise against gentrification

South Africa

Bo-Kaap residents rise against gentrification

By Aphiwe Ngalo

‘Gentrification is a modern word for the Group Areas Act’

South Africa

‘Gentrification is a modern word for the Group Areas Act’

By Leila Dougan

Gentrification victims: The Dreyer family’s struggle to keep a roof over their head under a city bridge

South Africa

Gentrification victims: The Dreyer family’s struggle to keep a roof over their head under a city bridge

By Leila Dougan

Battle for Bo-Kaap’s future

South Africa

Battle for Bo-Kaap’s future

By GroundUp