ANC rejects DA claims regarding Hermanus land protest
28 March 2018
ANC in the Western Cape rejects as fabrication the DA claims against the ANC and our MPL, Comrade Cameron Dugmore, in an attempt to hide DA failures in Overstrand for over 10 years. The ANC is very clear that all campaigns for land and housing must be conducted in terms of the Constitution and the laws of our country. The ANC condemns land grabs without reservation . We will never condone populist protests where property is destroyed.
The DA must confront their failure to release land for backyarders in Hermanus which has resulted in community wide resentment. Our member Cde Dugmore was deployed to Hermanus yesterday to assist in stabilizing the protest for land and housing which had become violent. His intervention, together with ANC regional and local leaders, Human Rights Commission, Department of Human Settlements and community leaders driving the protest, helped to calm the situation.
In addition to meeting with community leaders, councilors and the MEC for Housing, Cde Dugmore also was part of the delegation which spoke to the mass meeting of protesters at the Zwelihle Stadium.
The meeting, on the suggestion of MPL Dugmore, agreed that a committee consisting of those mandated by the community, the Provincial Department of Human Settlements, National Department of Human Settlements and the local municipality will meet next week to identify the land and those backyarders who qualify for housing.