Monday, June 18, 2007

Moving is a bridge too far for N7 squatters

Residents of a small informal settlement under a bridge on the N7 near Goodwood are refusing to move after an attempt to evict them.

The squatters said the sheriff and the police had arrived early on Friday morning to evict them from their homes. They said their homes had been broken down and their personal items removed in trucks.

Ten of the 26 families living in the settlement chose to move to Happy Valley near Blackheath on Friday.

‘The streets are clean in Goodwood’
But the 16 remaining families are waiting for their opportunity on Thursday to tell the Goodwood magistrate’s court why a temporary interdict obtained by the City of Cape Town to evict them should not be made final… Cape Argus

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