The Battle of Hangberg Part 1

This is part 1 of a five part series on the Battle of Hangberg. This series won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year in the Western Cape under the Community Media Category as well as the National Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award in 2011. In 2010 the City of Cape Town went into the fishing community of Hanbgerg to destroy what they said was illegal unoccupied structures. This led to fierce clashes between the locals and the Metro Police for two days. Voice of the Cape reporters, Dorianne Arendse and Faatimah Hendricks went back to the community to look at some of the socio-economic issues plaguing the community...