Anti-Eviction Campaign Press Statement Wednesday, 23 July, 2008 –
Event: March for community control over the housing process Time: 10am Date: Thursday July 24th, 2008 Location: Assemble in Keizergragt Street (march to Provincial Department of Local Government and Housing) Transport: Free Metrorail trains for march from 9am-3pm
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Cape Town — All three communities affected by the N2 Gateway fiasco – the pet national housing project of Lindiwe Sisulu – will be marching tomorrow morning to claim that they are not stupid, that they can think, that they must be at the centre and in control of any housing policy that effects them. Communities are tired of the government’s authoritarian way of governing. This is not a protest about lack of service delivery, but a protest about the undemocratic structure of government.
Communities are calling on government to end the privatisation of services to private companies like Thubelisha Homes and Trafalgar Properties. Communities are marching to Provincial Department of Local Government and Housing to claim service delivery as their own and to mandate government to carry out the wishes of the people in the manner the people decide.
- Housing is not an excuse to evict shackdwellers.
- Sustainability is not an excuse to raise rents on shoddily constructed flats.
- Order is not an excuse to violently evict families who have nowhere else to go.
We are marching to claim our right to dignity! We are marching to claim our right to humanity! We will assert our right to express ourselves despite government’s attempts to silence us and prevent us from being heard!
Phansi Forced Removal! Phansi High Rent! Phansi Privatisation!
For more information:
Ashraf Cassiem 072 976 9446 Mncedisi Twalo 078 580 8648 Gary Hartzenberg 072 3925859
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