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SAHRC takes City of Cape Town to court over land sales

Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has accused the commission of “electioneering”

Blikkiesdorp in Delft was built by the City of Cape Town in 2007 as a temporary home for people evicted in the city. Many are still there nearly two decades later. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

The SA Human Rights Commission has gone to court to stop the City of Cape Town from finalising the sales of 49 municipal properties auctioned in February.
It says the City sold the land without considering the need for affordable housing, and attached no conditions requiring buyers to build affordable housing.
Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis calls the case “electioneering” and says the City will oppose it.

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has accused the City of Cape Town of failing to consider the pressing…

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