Cape Town city councillor Frank Martin of the DA was accused yesterday of stirring racial tension and plunging a national housing project into anarchy.
The accusations were made during an urgent application in the Cape High Court for the eviction of about 1,500 people who invaded partly completed units of the N2 Gateway low-cost housing project last month.
Martin allegedly told about 200 families living in backyard shelters — most of them coloured — they were entitled to move into the homes because they had been on waiting lists for years. But the national and provincial governments said the homes were allocated to people from squatter camps.
Advocate Steve Kirk-Cohen, representing the national housing department, told the court: “ [Martin’s] behaviour has brought a well-thought-out national housing plan to its knees.”
He said Martin had incited racial tension by telling his coloured “constituents” only black people were getting cheap state housing.
The application continues today. - The Times
The accusations were made during an urgent application in the Cape High Court for the eviction of about 1,500 people who invaded partly completed units of the N2 Gateway low-cost housing project last month.
Martin allegedly told about 200 families living in backyard shelters — most of them coloured — they were entitled to move into the homes because they had been on waiting lists for years. But the national and provincial governments said the homes were allocated to people from squatter camps.
Advocate Steve Kirk-Cohen, representing the national housing department, told the court: “ [Martin’s] behaviour has brought a well-thought-out national housing plan to its knees.”
He said Martin had incited racial tension by telling his coloured “constituents” only black people were getting cheap state housing.
The application continues today. - The Times
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