Housing rights of "slum" dwellers at stake : case review
Abstract
On 27 January 2009, the High Court (Durban and Coast Local Division) handed down judgment in the Slums Act case. The case concerned a controversial piece of legislation, the KwaZulu-Natal Elimination and Prevention of Re-emergence of Slums Act 6 of 2007 (Slums Act), which aims to eliminate slums in KwaZulu-Natal.