City officials conducted an early-morning operation at the Sydney Street parking lot in District Six on Thursday, June 18, 2026.
A legal dispute has emerged over whether the City of Cape Town lawfully enforced a 2021 High Court interdict during an early-morning operation at the Sydney Street parking lot in District Six.
The operation took place on Thursday, June 18, 2026, at a site occupied by people living in makeshift shelters.
Housing rights organisation, Ndifuna Ukwazi, has accused the city of using the interdict as if it were an eviction order, despite the court papers allegedly stating that the order "shall not be construed as an eviction order".
Ndifuna Ukwazi’s Yusrah Bardien said the order specifically did not entitle the city to demolish occupied structures or use the interdict to evict occupiers under the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land (PIE) Act.
