Tafelberg site in Sea Point under contention.
The GOOD Party has welcomed the Constitutional Court's judgment, which has set aside the Western Cape Government’s plans for the Tafelberg school site in Sea Point, ruling that both the provincial government and the City of Cape Town have failed to meet their constitutional obligations to provide social and affordable housing in well-located urban areas.
In a landmark judgment handed down this week, the apex court found that the authorities’ approach to housing has reinforced apartheid-era spatial inequality rather than addressing it. The ruling brings to a close a legal battle that has stretched over nearly a decade over the future of the prime Sea Point property.
As part of its order, the court directed the Western Cape Government to submit a sworn report detailing its plans for affordable housing at the site. It must also disclose how many affordable housing units have actually been delivered in Cape Town’s inner city and surrounding neighbourhoods since litigation over the property began in 2017.
GOOD Party Secretary-General and Cape Town mayoral candidate Brett Herron welcomed the judgment, saying it struck at the heart of the City’s and province’s housing policies.
