Western Cape Premier Helen Zille on Monday said they were temporarily removing the toilets that were damaged by ANC Youth League members in Khayelitsha last week, Eye Witness News reports.
This comes after hundreds of Khayelitsha residents protested against the corrugated iron structures.
Zille said the move was only temporary.
"Unfortunately we cannot continue with the indignity of open air toilets so we must remove them. But that is temporary until the enclosures are built and then we will return the toilets," she told Eye Witness News.
Meanwhile, the youth league's Chumile Sali said they did not understand why the toilets were being removed.
"Police arrived and are removing all the toilets meaning people will be left with no toilets from today," Sali said.
In the wake of landslide losses in two by-elections, the SACP has blamed racist statements by the youth league for the ANC's defeat, while the party's provincial task team head, Membathisi Mdladlana, rebuked the league for its members' "ill discipline" in the fiasco over open toilets.
"It's important that we support the (Western Cape) youth league's campaign against open toilets, but (action) should be highly disciplined," Mdladlana said.
This comes after hundreds of Khayelitsha residents protested against the corrugated iron structures.
Zille said the move was only temporary.
"Unfortunately we cannot continue with the indignity of open air toilets so we must remove them. But that is temporary until the enclosures are built and then we will return the toilets," she told Eye Witness News.
Meanwhile, the youth league's Chumile Sali said they did not understand why the toilets were being removed.
"Police arrived and are removing all the toilets meaning people will be left with no toilets from today," Sali said.
In the wake of landslide losses in two by-elections, the SACP has blamed racist statements by the youth league for the ANC's defeat, while the party's provincial task team head, Membathisi Mdladlana, rebuked the league for its members' "ill discipline" in the fiasco over open toilets.
"It's important that we support the (Western Cape) youth league's campaign against open toilets, but (action) should be highly disciplined," Mdladlana said.
- IOL
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