Monday, August 12, 2013
Abahlali baseMjondolo Sweet Home Farm Branch Press Statement
Abahlali baseMjondolo to March on Mayor de Lille on Wednesday
Abahlali baseMjondolo Western Cape is tired of the waiting system from the government. The Western Cape has turned to be a spaza shop, where the DA comes and shop for votes while we are left with empty promises.
The leading party in the Province does not have any humanity. Its only delivery is to demolish our homes, leaving us homeless in the rain. When they comes to shop for their votes they act like we are people who count, and they know that we are in ward areas. After the voting is finished we are called unknown people and we treated like people that don't count to this city.
Sweet Home Farm started to be a community since 1995. The residents of this community they tried to engage with the city officials since then but always they got empty promises.
In Marikana a community has been left homeless. Law enforcement illegally demolished their homes again and again. This must come to a stop.
We are demanding that government deliver on their promises and that they treat us as human beings with dignity.
That is why now we are saying that enough is enough. We are tired of begging the government to respect our humanity and so now we are demanding that we are provided with our basic needs like water, sanitation, electricity, tarred roads, drainage and houses. We are demanding an end to evictions. We are also demanding that the government stop talking about us and start talking to us.
We are marching from Keizergracht to Civic Centre on Wednesday 14 August 2013. The protest will start from 09:00am and finish at 12:00pm. Our Memorandum will be handed over to the Mayor of Cape Town Patricia de Lille.
For more information please contact:
Siyabomboleka James – Abahlali baseMjondolo of the Western Cape Chairperson: 073 015 1454
Siphiwo Ngushe – Abahlali baseMjondolo Sweet Home Farm Member – 073 821 9018
Tumi – Abahlali baseMjondolo Marikana Land Occupation Member 073 218 2410