SES'KHONA THREATENING DISRUPTION IN CBD TOMORROW
We have heard reports that Ses'khona is planning to stage a sit-in tomorrow, 26 March, outside the provincial legislature. They have made this threat because they claim that the Western Cape Government has not responded to their memorandums handed over during previous marches to the legislature.
This is not true.
Since 2013, the Western Cape Government has constantly tried to engage with the organisation in order to address their concerns despite the fact that they have continuously broken the law during their protest action. Our interactions with the organisation's leaders, namely Loyiso Nkohla and Andile Lili have also been conducted in good faith but the same cannot be said for them.
When they first marched to the legislature in September 2013 under the banner of Ogobityholo Base Kapa (which was eventually replaced with Ses'khona), Human Settlements Minister, Bonginkosi Madikizela accepted their memorandum. However, the contents of the memorandum was extremely vague so he requested that the leaders provide details of complaints on specific areas or housing projects, which he could respond to. He then had to send numerous follow up requests as they failed to send this information.
Finally, after numerous requests for more information on their complaints, Loyiso Nkohla sent an email to Minister Madikizela asking for details regarding the provincial department's budget, land availability, and plans for the upgrading of various informal settlements in the City of Cape Town. In response, Minister Madikizela immediately arranged a meeting with Ses'khona leaders and other stakeholders, including officials from the City of Cape Town where we presented the information they requested in greater detail (the presentation made by Minister Madikizela is attached).