In pictures: Leaving Cape Town's shacks

"It wasn't easy building houses in this situation – we had to look for alternative land," says Matoto Ngomana (right), who chairs the local community forum.

"We established an organisation and negotiated on behalf of the people of Site C to get this land.

The Cape Metro council has changed hands several times between parties.

"Some times there is no consistency," he says. "You go back [to the authorities] and you find someone else who doesn’t understand what you're trying to do.