By Marthe van der Wolf
10 October 2007
Source: Bush Radio
The Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign has called upon people to boycott the First National Bank if they support the residents of Joe Slovo.
FNB has apparently bought the land currently housing Joe Slovo residents for R5million. If the residents of Joe Slovo are forcibly removed, the bank could make huge profits.
“Everyone that is in solidarity with the people of Joe Slovo (are urged) to withdraw their money and go to another bank, ” says Gary Hartzenberg of the Anti-Eviction Campaign.
FNB claimed that it is not involved in the forcefull removal of the residents of Joe Slovo. They stated that all they wanted to do was ‘to assist in easing the housing backlog by creating affordable homes’.
“Ninety-five percent of the residents of Joe Slovo are unemployed and those who are working, get very low salaries. FNB knows very well that the residents cannot afford their R200 – R300 000 homes,” says Hertzenberg.
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