Tafelberg property saga: SCA reserves judgment in appeal against landmark housing ruling | News24

The Western Cape government and the City of Cape Town have challenged a 2020 Western Cape High Court judgment regarding the disposal of property in Sea Point, Cape Town.rdered the province and the City of Cape Town to"address the legacy of apartheid spatial planning in central Cape Town and its surrounds".

The provincial government owned the Tafelberg school property and sold it to Phyllis Jowell Jewish Day School NPC in November 2015 for R135 million. But organisations Reclaim The City and Ndifuna Ukwazi, as well as several individuals, challenged this.In a landmark judgment in 2020, the Western Cape High Court set aside the sale of the property and ordered the province and the City of Cape Town to"address the legacy of apartheid spatial planning in central Cape Town and its surrounds".

Ndifuna Ukwazi's argument was that nothing was stopping the Western Cape government from developing a mixed-use, mixed-income site on the premises because several feasibility studies showed that it was possible.

MarvinCharles_ WC government keep property prises high 2 keep the poor out of certain areas and 2 make sure that not alot of none whites buy houses in certain areas cause they know racists will start moving from certain areas if there are 2 many none whites so the property prices wil go down

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