Joe Slovo Settlement

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The threat of mass evictions has been lifted from residents of Cape Town’s Joe Slovo informal settlement.

The Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that about 20 000 residents in the Joe Slovo informal settlement must be evicted.

Joe Slovo residents who travelled to the Constitutional Court for their case were in a sombre mood after hearing argument. Pearlie Joubert reports.

Western Cape housing minister Richard Dyantyi has applied to rezone land occupied by the informal settlement, despite residents opposing evictions.