Reclaim the City and others protest the auctioning of housing rental stock in Cape Town

South Africa - Cape Town - 23 November 2023 - New Church Street, Cape Town - Chanting slogans, “Down with the DA down! Stop the auction! Stop the auction!” A group of less than fifty housing activists, Reclaim the City and Housing Assembly together with affected residents protested outside the DHL Stadium in Greenpoint. The group said they were opposed to the auctioning of the City of Cape Town’s housing rental stock. Inside the DHL Stadium, the High Street Auctions company was in the process of auctioning a property on New Church Street in Cape Town. Reclaim the City leader, Karen Hendricks said, “We know we are in the middle of a housing crisis, a housing crisis that the whole of Cape Town faces. “We came here today to say enough is enough and to support the tenants.” Hendricks said the attorney for New Church Street tenants wrote to the City on Wednesday, asking them to strike the matter from the auction list, however the appeal was unsuccessful. Picture: Tracey Adams / IOL News