Demolition of hope in Hangberg
(WorldNews Africa)

On Saturday morning, the air is crisp as I stand at the site of a demolished structure in Hangberg, Hout Bay. A man is dismantling sheets of corrugated iron loosely attached to broken poles, while another is pulling nails out of damaged planks of wood. Torn sheets of plastic are blowing in the wind and children are playing in the sand beside the demolished structure. The night before, June 19, I had been standing in almost the exact same spot, but the scene had been very different. Tear gas had filled the air along with rubber bullets and rocks. Moments before I had seen about 40 law enforcement vehicles from the City of Cape Town pull into the harbour and officers in bulletproof vests...