The controversial Red Ants security guards, who have come in for criticism for their tough tactics in evicting people from council and private properties in Johannesburg, are on their way to Cape Town. The last time the Red Ants were in Cape Town was when they provided security for Shoprite/Checkers during the strike by workers.
Provincial MEC for local government and housing, Richard Dyantyi, recently also warned that he was considering legislation to prevent people from squatting anywhere they wanted.
The Red Ants specialise in evicting people - and their style has at times upset people, violent use of force and armed with crowbars these ‘operationals’ are not part of any National / provincial / municipal policing structure.
Although neither the company nor the Cape Town municipality were at this stage prepared to discuss their future relationship, Weekend Argus has reliably learnt that the Red Ants will be used to deal with illegal squatters in problem areas. Cape Argus
InternAfrica - believes this is NOT the path to take to development.
The World Urban Forum taught us that there should be NO EVICTION WITHOUT CONSULTATION.
The South African Constitution is inline with World Urban Forum and Millennium Development Goals - Cities without slums. None of these documents support forced eviction.
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