The City of Cape Town’s Anti Land Invasion Unit and law enforcement agencies have been conducting a number of anti-land invasion operations in Khayelitsha.
The City’s mayoral committee member for human settlements, Malusi Booi, says it was done in accordance with a final court order.
He says illegally erected and unoccupied structures were being removed.
Some video footage is going around social media labeling the operations as ‘evictions’. Booi says this is not so.
Booi says during the coronavirus (COVID-19) national lockdown, some people are taking the opportunity to illegally take land which does not belong to them.
A piece of land in Khayelitsha is currently under threat of being illegally invaded and occupied. This attempted illegal occupation is in direct contempt of a court order obtained by the City.
— City of Cape Town (@CityofCT) April 11, 2020
It must be made clear no eviction is taking place and only incomplete, unoccupied and illegally built structures are being removed.
Video footage has appeared on social media incorrectly labelling these operations as ‘evictions’.
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— City of Cape Town (@CityofCT) April 11, 2020
