Lwandle Evictions - Sanral and Minister Peters must take responsibility
03 June 2014
Attempts by the ANC to scapegoat the forced eviction of people from the Lwandle informal settlement in Strand, Cape Town, by blaming the DA is nothing short of cheap and petty politicking. It is entirely disingenuous and in no way accurate.
Yesterday, SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral), a national state entity, through the Sheriff of the Court enforced an interdict against people occupying land owned by it.
Responsibility for the evictions squarely lies with Sanral and the national Department of Transport. Indeed, it is nationally owned land and they sought the court interdict themselves.
Worse yet Minister of Transport, Dipuo Peters, is nowhere to be seen during this debacle and her department remains silent on the issue.