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Source: City of Cape Town. An artist rendering of the proposed social housing development at the “Fruit and Veg” site between Kent and Bloemhof Streets.

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Social housing and the future of Cape Town’s inner-city

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For the past four years, Streetscapes has been running a self-sufficient laundry at its urban farm in the city centre. The organisation plans to replicate the solar- and rainwater-powered laundromat and showers at the new site to cut operational costs and reduce pressure on municipal infrastructure. Photos: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

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The Gauteng High Court has ordered the City of Johannesburg to pay out a property company because of a delay in providing alternative accommodation for families living in the company’s “hijacked” building. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

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The Western Cape High Court has set aside an eviction order for occupiers of a City of Cape Town property in Observatory. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

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The Tafelberg school site in 2016. Archive photo: Masixole Feni / GroundUp

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Source: Residential Investment & Development Summit (Reside) chair and Sahara chief executive officer, Debbie Tagg.

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Source: x.com. Minister Senzo Mchunu.

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Mourners as seen at the Central Methodist Mission, at the memorial service in honour of the Marshalltown fire victims, in Johannesburg, South Africa, 8 September 2023. Reuters/Shiraaz Mohamed/File Photo

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Reclaim the City demonstrated outside the Western Cape High Court in 2020, calling for the Tafelberg site to be used as affordable housing. Archive photo: James Stent / GroundUp

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Tania Broughton 15 Apr 2024

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