Hangberg residents launch court bid to prevent City from demolishing shacks
(World News South Africa)

Cape Town - Another legal tussle between the City of Cape Town and residents of Hangberg is headed for the courts. The community has launched an urgent court bid to prevent the City from demolishing any more shacks in the area. Community representative and advocate Vernon Seymour said: “We have prepared a case that seeks the court to find the conduct of the City unlawful, and secondly make a finding that they have violated the regulations, and thirdly to look at what kind of relief the court can grant.” This is the second case...