Tafelberg

This paper has been compiled by Ndifuna Ukwazi following extensive consultation with practitioners and experts in housing finance, architecture, social housing, city planning, urban design, and local and provincial government. Part One deals with the context of the Tafelberg site – the history of forced removals in Sea Point; the Western Cape and City of Cape Town’s embarrassing track record in the sphere of affordable housing; the constitutional, legislative and policy frameworks which place obligations on government to de-segregate our society; and the ever-increasing need for spatial justice in a city overrun by financially-motivated developments. Part Two is a critique of the financial model published last year by the Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works; and finally, Part Three presents two alternative models.