Irene Grootboom
Deceased Person
1969 – 2008
Who was Irene Grootboom?
Irene Grootboom 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.
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- Born
- 1969
South Africa - Nationality
- South Africa
- Died
- Jul 1, 2008
Wallacedene
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on July 23, 2013
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