Tafelberg
Housing activists celebrate landmark court victory
ConCourt ruling finds government is obligated to provide affordable housing
News | 2 July 2026
Huge court victory in battle for affordable housing in Cape Town
ConCourt rules that Western Cape government and City of Cape Town are constitutionally obliged to provide affordable housing in the inner-city
Law | 2 July 2026
Government sent back to the drawing board for Tafelberg site
Heritage committee and local residents’ association raise alarm over lack of detail in the current proposal for development
News | 13 March 2026
Housing plans for Tafelberg site revealed
Western Cape Government plans combination of social, affordable and high-end housing units
News | 22 May 2025
Affordable housing to be built on contested Sea Point site, says provincial government
Announcement by MEC Tertuis Simmers comes after a decade of battles
News | 30 January 2025
Housing activists lose Tafelberg case
The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled the sale of the site for private development was lawful
Law | 12 April 2024
One year and counting: The Supreme Court of Appeal has still not handed down judgment in the vital Tafelberg case
Court says judgment should be delivered within three weeks
News | 20 February 2024
What has been granted in the Tafelberg leave to appeal?
Leave to appeal the sale was denied, but a higher court is to hear appeals on a number of related issues
By James Stent
News | 30 April 2021
Tafelberg: Four years of battle
The campaign that led to a landmark court decision on housing
By James Stent
Feature | 2 September 2020