Cape Town - The parties in the Hangberg eviction saga are talking to each other about the possibility of mediation, a spokesperson for the City of Cape Town said on Monday.
The matter was scheduled to appear on the Western Cape High Court roll again on Monday.
However Kylie Hatton, speaking for the city, said the parties had agreed to hold back another court appearance while they talked on the possibility of a mediated settlement.
"But the court remains an option for us if we don't succeed," she said.
The city is seeking the removal of some 50 shacks it says are built on a firebreak on the mountainside above the Hangberg settlement in Hout Bay.
In September police faced a barrage of rocks and petrol bombs when council workers demolished a number of unoccupied shacks in the area.
Some of the shacks are on SANParks land - the Table Mountain National Park - and some on council land.
SANParks, originally the first applicant in the eviction application, is now a respondent, along with the shack-dwellers.
- SAPA
The matter was scheduled to appear on the Western Cape High Court roll again on Monday.
However Kylie Hatton, speaking for the city, said the parties had agreed to hold back another court appearance while they talked on the possibility of a mediated settlement.
"But the court remains an option for us if we don't succeed," she said.
The city is seeking the removal of some 50 shacks it says are built on a firebreak on the mountainside above the Hangberg settlement in Hout Bay.
In September police faced a barrage of rocks and petrol bombs when council workers demolished a number of unoccupied shacks in the area.
Some of the shacks are on SANParks land - the Table Mountain National Park - and some on council land.
SANParks, originally the first applicant in the eviction application, is now a respondent, along with the shack-dwellers.
- SAPA
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