District Six identity crisis

26 May 2015 - 02:14
By Nashira Davids

Some 40 years after being bulldozed from their homes by the apartheid regime, former District Six residents want the government to remove "foreign nationals" who are renting houses allocated to land claimants. Hundreds of displaced residents launched claims with the government as far back as 1995. About 134 units have been built, according to Michael Worsnip, chief director of restitution support for the Land Claims Commission in the Western Cape.

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