An application was heard in the Western Cape High Court on Monday to have more than 50 shacks dismantled on the slopes of the Sentinel in Hout Bay.
The City of Cape Town wants the structures to be taken down because officials say the shacks were erected in a fire break.
However, the matter has been postponed to 29 November.
The court has urged the parties to spend the next few weeks mediating what has become an explosive issue.
While SANParks has pulled out as an applicant on the eviction order, it has now been added as a respondent.
This means the organisation must explain why it is no longer backing the evictions.
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille claims this was politically motivated.
Police and security guards had their hands full trying to negotiate with rowdy Hangberg residents to keep the entrance to the court clear.
- Eyewitness News
The City of Cape Town wants the structures to be taken down because officials say the shacks were erected in a fire break.
However, the matter has been postponed to 29 November.
The court has urged the parties to spend the next few weeks mediating what has become an explosive issue.
While SANParks has pulled out as an applicant on the eviction order, it has now been added as a respondent.
This means the organisation must explain why it is no longer backing the evictions.
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille claims this was politically motivated.
Police and security guards had their hands full trying to negotiate with rowdy Hangberg residents to keep the entrance to the court clear.
- Eyewitness News
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