Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign Press Statement
27th May 2008
11am

African brothers and sisters and AEC to march on Gugulethu police station today

GUGULETHU, CAPE TOWN – The Anti-Eviction Campaign plus our African brothers and sisters who live in Gugulethu are going to march on Gugulethu Police Station at 12h30 today (Tuesday 27 May).

The community is marching against xenophobia and demanding more protection from the police. They want to be safe and they don’t like to be harassed and they want to remain in those places where they have always stayed.

It is also very disturbing to see that the Zille regime in Cape Town has taken advantage of the perilous situation that those who have been attacked are in, and swiftly moved them to very remote places, basically setting up de facto refugee camps.

Thousands of refugees have been moved, without consultation, to Kommetjie, the West Coast and Strand where they are totally cut off from their workplaces or from the opportunities to do piece work.

“We don’t want our own brothers and sisters to be isolated from the community. We don’t want any authorities to discriminate against them by removing them from our communities. We are totally against what the government is doing in this regard because they did not even consult the relevant people on the ground” said Mncedisi Twalo from Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign.

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For more information, call Mncedisi Twalo on 078 5808646

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For more, please visit the website of the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign at:
www.westerncapeantieviction.wordpress.com
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