Abahlali baseMjondolo Western Cape
No 28 Ramaphosa street
Site B
Khayelitsha
7784
www.khayelitshastruggles.com
Department of Human Settlement
120 Plain Street
Cape Town
To: MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela
RE: Undertaking not to carry any illegal eviction within the province
Dear MEC
Abahlali baseMjondolo Western Cape has observed with great concern for the past few months, your department and city of Cape Town have been engaging with unlawful activities on demolishing people's structures and evicting people without any order from the court.
This tendency seem to be growing and as an organization we have become so worried as this lead to homeless to many people who are affected by this and it also undermines the prevention of illegal eviction from and unlawful occupation of land act 1998 (act 19 of 1998).
As an organization we have decided to call up on your department to sign an undertaking, that says your department within the Western Cape Province would not ever again under any circumstances perform or curry any unlawful eviction and will never again evict people without a sheriff of the court and will not ever again intimidate people with law enforcement, metro police and SAPS.
We hope to receive signed undertaking from your department within 7 days, failure to do so will leave us with no option but to mobilise communities throughout the province to call on your immediate resignation as MEC for housing.
On behalf of Abahlali baseMjondolo Western Cape
Mzonke Poni
Chairperson
Issued by ABM Western Cape, April 6 2011
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