A controversial court case between an old community and a land developer is under way in Cape Town.
The community of Bo Kaap is worried its Malay heritage, which dates back more than 300 years, is being lost to big business.
Developers want to build new flats and houses, but locals have been protesting and preventing construction vehicles from entering the site.
Al Jazeera’s Fahmida Miller reports from Cape Town.
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Islam destroys African countries
No Arabs or indians …..no Islam gentrification on Islam in Africa
Aljazeera always shows news on one side perspective i.e Islam.
When they are minority they protests but when they become majority they start killing other. This true nature of Islam. Go to you desert cult.
You know what happens when islam becomes majority in a civilised country
Black governments dont respect minorities, nor do islamic governments.
It does not belong to Islam alone but all south africans, very bias Al Jazeera
Islam has never done anything wrong, don't @ me
Well, I see lots of HINDOOS couldn't resist jumping on the bandwagon in condemning ISLAM. MY ADVICE IS SIMPLE :START BUILDING TOILETS, BECAUSE INDIA IS ONE HUGE LATRINE!
Unbelievable! When the rest of South Africa is failing and crumbling, they're complaining about gentrification? New investment and new residents in their area?
First-World problems for this corner of this backward, third-World failed state.
These Christian South Africans will learn. Mandela spits on them
These people have been in South Africa for hundreds of years !!
They dont look like Indonesian, probably theyve been mxed up with Blacks.
Look at all the idiots commenting about what happened in morocco and what's happens in Islamic countries.
WTF has this got to do with any of that?
This is South Africa, get that?
Here in London we went through gentrifcation and I can tell you that once its done everything goes up in price, shop rents, home rent, product items ect and the area become unaffordable for the locals then its bye bye poor people and hello cash money!. life goes on
Cape Town is an international city. It’s for everyone. You can’t make a certain area yours only.
The less Islam we have in southern Africa, the better. Mozambique is already fighting an insurgency by the followers of the religion of peace.
Oh my f**ing gosh this plague is even in none western Nations
We need big buildings in South Africa, if they have problems they can go to Afghanistan