South Africa: Cape Town Housing Plans Gets the Thumbs-Up

After half an hour of pushing to get into an affordable housing conference on Tuesday, Reclaim the City activists were happy to hear that 10 inner-city sites would be developed for the poor.

"This is a victory for people who are being priced out of well-located areas or facing eviction," the lobby group said in a statement. Earlier, they clashed with staff at the African Pride Hotel, near Gardens, who objected to them entering without paying.

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