200 Families to be evicted in Delft, Cape Town this week!
One family was evicted in Rosendal, Delft, Cape Town yesterday but has been re-instated into their home. Another 32 families will be evicted in Rosendal, Eindhoven, Delft South, and Voorbrug [all in Delft] tomorrow.
Altogether, a total of 200 households have received eviction notices from the Council’s Bellville based lawyers, Bill Tolken and Associates to be evicted by the end of the week.
The majority of the eviction orders have been issued for water arrears. The community is planning to resist the evictions peacefully because they have collected and examined all their water bills with the help of the Anti-Eviction Campaign and legal advice, and there is no reflection of free water on the bills.
“We haven’t received any free water ever,” said community spokesperson Henry Pieterse who added that why should the poor of Delft be the only ones in the city who have to pay for water. “Even people in Constantia and other rich areas are getting the free water we were promised during elections,” he said.
The Campaign is dismayed that repossessions of furniture are taking place to defray outstanding school fees. School is a right not a privelige!
The Anti-Eviction Campaign slammed Bill Tolken, the DA and the Unicity. “They are all no better than the thug lawyers of Prince Albert in the Karoo who are auctioning off poor people’s RDP houses if they run into debt of R100 for vegetables at the local shop,” said the campaign.
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For comment call Henry Pieterse on 021 9565049 or Sampie Esau on 073 1908106
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