Words Sandiso Phaliso / GroundUp
The Passenger Rail Agency of South PRASA has finally complied with an order by the High Court, compelling it to return building materials belonging to people sleeping on Transnet-owned land on Cape Town's Foreshore.
In a joint operation in August, PRASA attempted to evict about 38 people from the land off Marine Drive. The group remained at the site, but their shelters were dismantled and confiscated. The group has been fighting this in court, assisted by housing activists Ndifuna Ukwazi.
During a court hearing in September, Judge Tandazwa Ndita gave PRASA 24 hours to return the group's belongings and build temporary habitable dwellings that afford shelter, privacy and amenities at least equivalent to those that were destroyed.
PRASA did not immediately comply and instead filed papers opposing Ndita's order, but eventually abandoned its bid.
