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/ 22 February 2008
The housing war raging in Delft between about 2 000 homeless backyard dwellers and the government’s housing agent, Thubelisha Homes, the city and the police, has manifested as a racial fight between African and coloured people. But the cause of this war can be traced to the decision to build the controversial N2 Gateway housing project and the political fights between the ANC and a city led by the DA.
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/ 19 February 2008
Evictions have begun at the housing development in Delft illegally occupied by backyard dwellers, the Western Cape Anti-Eviction campaign said on Tuesday morning. A Cape High Court judge on Monday refused the more than 1 000 squatters leave to appeal against an earlier eviction order.
More than 100 backyard dwellers from Delft and other areas of Cape Town will return to the Cape High Court on Thursday to contest their eviction from a government housing scheme. They occupied the N2 Gateway houses before Christmas and were granted a stay of eviction by the court.
An initiative that will see 20 old townships in Gauteng upgraded was launched by the provincial housing department on Sunday. Acting provincial housing minister Dorothy Mahlangu said specific attention will be given to so-called backyard dwellers. Ten townships are targeted for the current financial year.