Nyakallo Tefu
The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committer on Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Machwene Semenya has condemned evictions carried out by municipalities in Lawley in Johannesburg and Khayelitsha in Cape Town.
The municipalities carried evictions despite clear instruction from President Cyril Ramaphosa that for the duration of the COVID-19 lockdown, no one should be evicted from where they reside.
“When the President and the Executive announced that there will be no evictions, we understood that those instructions would be respected by all,” said Semenya.
Semenya said it was unacceptable and ‘inappropriate’ that these municipalities have undermined the spirit of the lockdown and have shown clear disdain and lack of empathy for the people, especially the poor.
At the weekend, the Mayor of Johannesburg Geoff Makhubo visited evicted community members in Lawley, Johannesburg, while Minister of Human Settlements Lindiwe Sisulu visited residents in Khayelitsha in Cape Town after they
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