DAG Urban Land Dialogues Series Podcast
DAG is excited to announce the release of a podcast series that allows for easy access for everyone to hear conversations regarding community development in Cape Town. In this first episode, we [...]
Informal Settlements: Collective Advocacy to Open the Channels of Communication
Civil change waits for nobody! With this in mind, informal settlement leaders, activists, representatives, and residents from across Cape Town convened at a dialogue hosted by DAG on Saturday, [...]
DAG Statement on The Murder of Another Abahlali Basemjondolo Civil Society Leader & Activists
Issued by Development Action Group (DAG) Email: kundai@dag.org.za 09 MAY 2022 The Development Action Group (DAG) unreservedly condemns the murder of Abahlali baseMjondolo civil society activists. [...]
Community Dialogue: Will local government deliver on the promises to release public land for affordable housing post the elections?
Bright and early on Saturday 30 October, mere days before the 2021 local government elections (LGE/elections), community leaders, activists and interested community members from across the city [...]
PRESS RELEASE : Civil society organisations call for the release of under-utilised military land to combat Cape Town’s housing crisis
Today a group of civil society organisations and academics urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to immediately release three large, well-located and vacant (or under-used) military sites in Cape Town [...]
GroundUp Op-Ed: How to respond to Cape Town’s surge in land occupations
•By Adi Kumar• Cape Town has its hands full with land occupations. Fiery commentary from the national Minister of Human Settlements, Mayco Member for Human Settlements and Mayor emphasises the [...]
GroundUp Op-Ed: Covid-19 State should use Cape Town’s military airports for housing
•By Adi Kumar & Querida Saal Et al• Wingfield, Youngsfield and Ysterplaat could house more than 120,000 people In his address to the nation on 20 April, President Cyril Ramaphosa said: [...]