'If they want us gone, they must kill us': Disabled residents resist govt plan to move them out
18 October 2018
People working and living at the Enduduzweni Centre for the Disabled in Umlazi say they will not vacate the centre though the KwaZulu-Natal department of social development gave them retrenchment notices on Thursday.
The department has been in a year-long dispute with more than 40 residents, all of whom live with disability, GroundUp reported.
The workers, who live on the premises, were given letters notifying them that they would no longer be paid their monthly stipends after October. Instead, they will be helped to apply for old-age grants.
The department says it had planned to renovate the centre since 2015, but was unable to do so because the residents resisted.