23 August 2013
Abahlali BaseMjondolo Press Statement
Durban High Court grants Cato Crest residents an interim order interdicting the eThekwini Municipality from Demolishing and Evicting them from their homes
On Tuesday 13 August 2013 the eThekwini Municipality demolished homes of shack dwellers in the Cato Crest land occupation. As usual these demolitions were not authorised by an order of the court. This is not just immoral. It is also illegal. The people who were left homeless after these evictions were iisolated from the current housing development in the area because the majority of them come from the Eastern Cape and have been labelled as tenants. This was also confirmed at the beginning of the year when Cato Crest residents were protesting and demanding houses. Nigel Gumede said that these are unknown people. He said that most of them come from the Eastern Cape and also called them as tenants. This is a very dangerous politic that is trying to weaken the poor by dividing us.
