City to oppose appeal over Woodstock, Salt River land evictions

The City of Cape Town says it intends to oppose the leave to appeal application lodged by activist organisation Ndifuna Ukwazi against last month’s Western Cape High Court judgment, which paved the way for Transnet to evict illegal occupants from its land in Woodstock and Salt River. The High Court ordered that the 161 unlawful occupiers vacate the Transnet-owned land near the N1 highway by 30…