Media: Symphony Way ‘illegals’ take battle to court

15 03 2009
March 15, 2009 Edition 1
Nwabisa Msutwana-Stemela
Source: Cape Argus

Shack dwellers who have spent over a year on a street pavement have vowed to obtain the support of other communities to back them in a court battle so that they can stay where they are, or move to organised housing.

This comes after the illegal residents were served with eviction notices earlier this month and were given 21 days to move from Symphony Way in Delft.

The group were, after occupying government houses in Delft illegally last year, evicted and moved to nearby Symphony Way.

Secretary of the Delft Anti Eviction Campaign Kareemah Linneveldt said they wanted the world to know they were facing eviction for a second time, and to remind authorities they were still living on the pavement and “desperately needed” houses. Read the rest of this entry »








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