City of Cape Town says its hands are tied in removing occupants from District Six land
By Mthuthuzeli Ntseku
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Cape Town - The City said the Covid-19 regulations and two court cases continue to negatively impact its powers as a landowner and enforcer of by-laws to remove occupants from the District Six restitution land.
This after the City obtained an urgent court order to interdict future land invasions in the area. However, the order does not entitle the City for the purposes of evicting occupants from the property or demolishing any occupied structures.
As of March 31, 99 informal structures have been erected in the area, with invasions taking place on 23 properties owned by the City and on other properties owned by the Cape Peninsula University of Technology and the Church of the Province of South Africa. Recent invasions took place on Freedom Day last week.
City of Cape Town gets interdict to boot District Six occupiers
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Cape Town - The Western Cape High Court has granted the City of Cape Town an urgent interdict against the invaders of land in District Six, which has been earmarked for restitution.
The interim order interdicts and restrains any person from entering the properties for the purposes of unlawfully occupying or invading, erecting, completing or extending any structure on the properties, occupying any vacant structures on the properties and intimidating, threatening, harassing or assaulting, or in any way interfering with the work of officials, councillors and law enforcement.
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RIP Nadia GoethamPublisher Nadia Goetham died of a Covid-19 medical condition at age 46 on Sunday, 25 April.
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Publisher Nadia Goetham died of a Covid-19 medical condition at age 46 on Sunday, 25 April.
She was remembered at a memorial service on Thursday.
Goetham died of Covid-19 related complications on Sunday.
A passion for local talent and a drive to give a voice to black and coloured authors are some of the attributes that characterised publisher Nadia Goetham, family and friends said at her memorial service. Nadia was publishing, and publishing was Nadia, said author and entertainment journalist Gavin Wildschutt-Prins at her memorial service.
Nadia completed her studies in journalism at Peninsula Technikon - now Cape Peninsula University of Technology - before taking up a post at Beeld. She later moved to the publishing sector.
Goetham s family announced her death on Sunday.
Social media has seen an outpouring of tributes for her.
Tributes have poured for publisher Nadia Goetham after her family announced her death on Sunday.
Nadia, 46, died of a Covid-19-related condition, her family said in a statement. It is with profound sadness that the family of Nadia Goetham can confirm that the beloved book publisher passed away this afternoon of a Covid-19-related medical condition, the statement said. Nadia, who carved her early career in print journalism and later made her mark in the book publishing arena, will be sorely missed by her family and friends. Her death was swift and untimely. Our hearts are shattered.