Irene Grootboom
Irene Grootboom (c. 1969 – 2008) was a South African housing rights activist best known for her victory before the Constitutional Court in 2000.[1] The Court found that the government had not met its obligation to provide adequate alternative housing for the residents of Cape Town's Wallacedene informal settlement. The ruling provided clear legal support for housing-rights campaigns in South Africa and elsewhere. At the time of her death in August 2008, however, Grootboom was still living in a shack.[2][3]
Irene Grootboom | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1969 |
| Died | 2008 Wallacedene, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Known for | Housing activist who won a court case about the constitutional right to adequate housing, and died penniless in a shack |
The SJC grassroots movement in Khayelitsha established the Irene Grootboom Memorial Lecture Series in her honor.[4]
Notes
- Government of the Republic of South Africa v Grootboom 2001 (1) SA 46 (CC).
- IOL 2008, 'Housing activist dies in a shack', www.iol.co.za, 5 August. Retrieved on 14 August 2008.
- Joubert, Pearlie (8 August 2008). "Grootboom dies homeless and penniless". Mail & Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- "SJC: Third Irene Grootboom Memorial Lecture Series". NGO Pulse. 2010-10-11. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
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References
- Government of the Republic of South Africa and Others v Grootboom and Others 2001 (1) SA 46 (CC).
External links
- The 'Grootboom' community, November 2000, 2001. 4 min. film. Focuses on a lawsuit by Irene Grootboom, includes interviews with Wallacedene residents.
- "A pity Grootboom will not be there to ask about unfulfilled promises"
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