Symphony Way safer, say residents
October 08, 2009 Edition 1 – Cape Argus
FATIMA SCHROEDER and KOWTHAR SOLOMONS Staff Reporters
THE CONTROVERSIAL pavement-dwellers in Symphony Way in Delft got their marching orders from the Cape High Court, which ordered them to relocate to temporary accommodation in Blikkiesdorp.
However, the residents say that while they are willing to move, they will not move to “that dump”. Read the rest of this entry »
Residents fight bid to relocate them
“WE are prepared to die rather than be moved to the city of Cape Town’s temporary relocation area.” Read the rest of this entry »
Cape Flats families given a reprieve from eviction, writes Glynnis Underhill
Ashraf Cassiem and 139 families who have set up home under the stars along Symphony Way in wind-swept Delft on the Cape Flats cele-brated a small victory last week after being given a reprieve in their fight against eviction.
“We’ll gladly move to houses that are safe, clean and adequate to our families’ needs,” said Cassiem, chairperson of the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign. Read the rest of this entry »
9 June 2009
The Symphony Way Pavement Dwellers have won their first battle in the quest for adequate decent public housing.
Symphony Way residents celebrate at the High Court (more photos)
We have said publicly, over and over again, that: we do not want to occupy Symphony Way. We will gladly move if we are permitted to move to houses which are safe, clean, and adequate to our families’ needs.
But Blikkiesdorp is not a community with houses but a community with blikkies (tin can shacks). It is not adequate, nor is it clean or safe.
We thank the Honorable High Court for a rare instance where the courts have actually upheld the Constitution of this country in support of the poor. The Judge Jake Moloi noted that one cannot overlook Section 34 of the South African Constitution which states that: Read the rest of this entry »
Published: 6/9/2009 13:29:20
Source: The Citizen
CAPE TOWN – There were cries of “hallelujah” in the Cape High Court on Tuesday when pavement-dwellers from Delft on the Cape Flats won a reprieve in their fight against eviction. Read the rest of this entry »
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