Mitchell's Plain land occupation
On 14 May 2011 the Mitchell's Plain Backyarders' Association[1] occupied two pieces of land in Kapteinsklip and Swartklip in Mitchell's Plain. About 5,000 people participated in the occupation.[2]
Outcomes
There was a violent clash between occupiers and the police.[3][4] Fourteen people were arrested.[5]Following the occupation there were a number of protest in defense of the occupation.[6][7]An eviction order was served on the occupiers and they were denied leave to appeal. One of the occupiers Faiza Meyer was quoted as saying "I have been living on [this] land for four months, so what if we have this beautiful Constitution, it means nothing."[8] The anti-land invasion unit destroyed the occupation.It was reported that the Anti-Land Invasion Unit acted with considerable violence that resulted in breaking Christen De Jager's leg.[9]
Video
- Mitchells Plain land invasion and police response, Bush Radio News Clip on the Occupation and the Police Response,
Notes and references
- ↑ Mitchell's Plain Backyarder's Association
- ↑ Mitchells Plain land invasion case postponed till July, The New Age, 2011
- ↑ Mitchell’s Plain land grab clashes escalate, Caryn Dolley and Aziz Hartley, IOL, 2011
- ↑ Bricks, bullets fly in land grab, Natasha Prince, Cape Argus, 2011
- ↑ Mitchells Plain land invasion case postponed till July, The New Age, 2011
- ↑ Give us decent housing!, Rusana Philander, The New Age, 2011
- ↑ Media: Show of strength outside court, Shanti Aboobaker, Leila Samodien and Lauren Isaacs, Cape Times, 2011
- ↑ Tafelsig land invaders leave to appeal application dismissed, Crystal Orderson, SABC, 2011
- ↑ Backyarders Injured in Anti-Land Invasion Demolition, by FADELA SLAMDIEN, West Cape News, 7 JUNE 2011
