A group of about 100 homeless people living people on Sydney Street in District Six say they are regularly raided by law enforcement officers. The group recently won a case against the City of Cape Town which has been ordered to pay them R1,700 each in compensation for belongings damaged and lost during an eviction in September 2021. People living in an occupation on Sydney Street in District Six say they are regularly raided by law enforcement officers. The City of Cape Town says that allegations made by the group have not been proven in court papers, and that the group has refused alternative accommodation.

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