13 March 2014
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement
Marikana Land Occupation Wins Important Victory in Cape Town High Court
Today, there was a landmark ruling for our comrades in the Marikana Land Occupation in Cape Town. It will help us and shack dwellers all over South Africa to stop the municipalities' relentless demolitions of poor people’s homes. These demolitions are unconstitutional, illegal and often violent.
We are living in the most challenging times, where Municipalities misuse their powers, as they have done when demolishing people's homes in Marikana settlement in Cape Town on the 28th of April and 02nd of May 2013. It becomes worrying because when this happens, us poor people have nowhere else to go.
Attachments
Judgment in Marikana Land Occupation Case (Cape Town)