The City of Cape Town has obtained an interim interdict against homeless people living on a field near the Mitchells Plain Town Centre to stop them from expanding occupation of the site, notes a Cape Argus report. 

The matter was last week brought to the attention of the Human Rights Commissioner after the group’s structures had been removed by law enforcement officers on several occasions.

The interim interdict obtained at the Western Cape High Court prohibits them from further erecting, completing, or extending any structure.

It also restrains them from occupying a vacant structure that may have been completed but is unoccupied.

The matter has been set down for 17 June for the respondents to argue why the order should not be made final.

Activist group Ndifuna Ukwazi recently called on the city to rescind its ‘unconstitutional’ streets by-law and find progressive ways to address homelessness.

The organisation said it would ensure the group of homeless people were treated fairly.

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