South Africa: Human Settlements Chairperson concerned about continued evictions in Cape Town
Undermining the regulations of the national state of disaster in the fight against Covid-19
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, July 2, 2020/ -- The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements, Water
and Sanitation, Ms Machwene Semenya, has denounced the continued
evictions happening in Cape Town.
The actions of the city are both inhumane and inconsiderate, especially
considering that it’s winter, as well as it is undermining the
regulations of the national state of disaster in the fight against
Covid-19, which prohibit evictions. Ms Semenya also emphasised that this is concerning considering the number of times this has happened in the
city since the declaration of national state of disaster.
“We call on the city to show humility and compassion to its residents,
especially the poor, by reducing its appetite for evictions. While we do not, in any way, condone illegal occupation of land, we urge the city
to move with speed to put in place strategies, together with national
and provincial housing departments, aimed at making available human
settlements to the people of the city.
Over and above the evictions, the Chairperson condemned the distasteful
manner in which law enforcement officers went about the evictions. “The
evictions of a naked man stripped away his human dignity and literally
and figuratively left the man naked. The actions are unwarranted, cruel
and repulsive,” Ms Semenya said.
The committee will urgently seek to interact with the Department of
Human Settlements, at national, provincial and local level to ascertain
progress in delivery of human settlement targets for this year.
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