Irene Grootboom [SEP] date of death
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. The Court found that the government had not met its obligation to provide adequate 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.
The SJC grassroots movement in Khayelitsha
established the Irene Grootboom Memorial Lecture Series in her honor.
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"