Families who fled Blikkiesdorp ask City of Cape Town for help
17 October 2018
Families who fled Blikkiesdorp last week have sent a lawyer’s letter to the City of Cape Town to ask the authorities to find alternative accommodation for them, or else they will take the matter to court, GroundUp reports.
Nine families were forced to vacate their homes in Blikkiesdorp on Wednesday evening, after threats were made by other residents. Some of them are members of the old Blikkiesdorp Joint Committee (BJC).
One of the residents who was expelled last week - and who is currently living at the Central Methodist Mission Church in central Cape Town with more than 30 other residents - Etienne Claasen, said: "This whole thing ultimately lies with the City, because they are the ones who evicted us from the very beginning and brought us to Blikkiesdorp, which they said would be for a year. But it is now 10 years since we have been staying in Blikkiesdorp."
Claasen said that, together with Right2Know, they had sent a letter to the City, asking it to find them alternative accommodation. The letter asks the City to urgently: