Posts tagged with 'protests'

 

Ontstoke gemeenskapslede by Sir Lowrypas-nedersetting raak oproerig omdat provinsiale regering ’n nuwe skool wil bou in nedersetting en nie grond beskikbaar wil stel vir huise

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Daar was Dinsdag ’n sterk polisieteenwoordigheid in die Sir Lowryspas-nedersetting naby Somerset-Wes in die Wes-Kaap nadat betogers Maandag die N2-snelweg en ander toegangsroetes na die nedersetting versper het.

Die betogers is ongelukkig omdat die provinsiale regering ’n nuwe skool op ’n stuk grond in die nedersetting wil bou. Hulle wil hê die grond moet eerder vir behuising gebruik word.

Malusi Booi, burgemeesterskomiteelid vir menslike nedersettings in Kaapstad, sê hy is nie bewus van enige betogings wat Dinsdag plaasgevind het nie.

Die N2-snelweg was ook nie Dinsdag gesluit nie. “Ons het ’n sterk polisieteenwoordigheid sodat die N2 oop bly vir verkeer,” sê Booi.

Hy het Maandag en Dinsdag met die ontstoke gemeenskapslede vergader. “Ons het vir die gemeenskap vertel ons het ander lappies grond vir behuising geoormerk wat ontwikkel kan word. Ons het dit duidelik gemaak dat geen onwettige optrede tydens die betogings gedu
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Police deployed to Saldanha bay following protests – From investigations it seems that these protests are being fueled by outsiders

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Several buildings, including the Diazville Community Hall, its office and a private residence, were torched during violent demonstrations on Thursday morning.

The area’s community health clinic was also torched.

Police say a group of about 5,000 people took to the streets in protest, burning tyres and pelting stones at officers.

An office at the Tabakbaai Holiday Resort was also set alight.

The Public Order Policing officers, as well as law enforcement officials, are on full alert to quell tensions.

A resident describes scenes that unfolded as police chased demonstrators through the streets.

“The police chased the riot up the hill, back from where they were coming from, and started shooting rubber bullets and tear gas.”

The motive for Thursday’s protest is not yet known to authorities.

Calm has been restored to nearby Vredenburg after 38 arrested demonstrators were released on Wednesday.

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Geen wet en orde in Kaapstad na oproerige betogers kantore afbrand in Houtbaai

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Betogers in Houtbaai, Kaapstad, het Sondag die departement van landbou, bosbou en visserye (DAFF) se kantoor in die hawe aan die brand gesteek en ’n private woning glo ook met klippe bestook.

Wayne Dyason van die Kaapse-metroraad se wetstoepassingsafdeling, het kort voor 13:00 bevestig dat ongeveer 300 mense dié gebou aan die brand gesteek het.

“Die betogers beweeg nou ná ’n private huis, waar dit lyk asof hulle dit met klippe begin bestook het.”

Talle wetstoepassers en polisielede is vroegmiddag na die hawe ontbied.

Lt. kol. Andrè Traut, provinsiale polisiewoordvoerder, het bevestig die polisie is na die betogings ontbied terwyl geboue in die hawe beskadig is.

“Niemand is al in hegtenis geneem nie. Ons lede sal in die gebied bly om wet en orde te handhaaf.”

Intussen is Prinsesstraat wat na die hawe lei by Alexanderlaan gesluit, sê Maxine Bezuidenhout, woordvoerder van Kaapstad se verkeersdienste.

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Bo-Kaap unites in protest to hold onto heritage

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In the narrow cobbled streets of Bo-Kaap, an hour before the call to prayer echoes at sunset, young people begin to set tyres alight.

Traditionally, the Islamic holy month of Ramadan is a time of community spirit and peace in the Cape Town suburb. As the time nears for the fast to be broken at dusk, families prepare food to share with their neighbours.

But this year, young people are upholding another tradition which they inherited from their elders: a battle to protect their homes in the inner city from private developers who see the appeal of prime land in Bo-Kaap.

For years residents of Bo-Kaap have met with city officials and heritage experts to have the area zoned off for heritage protection. Brett Herron, a mayoral committee member for urban development and transport, has promised protected heritage sites will not be demolished for big luxury developments.

But, the Bo-Kaap community remains sceptical. The area — Bo-Kaap residents
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Western -Cape Authorities Brace For Westlake Housing Protest

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The latest demonstration follows a string of similar protests in Mitchells Plain, Parkwood, Hermanus and Vrygrond over the past few weeks.

Scores of Westlake residents in the Western Cape have threatened to shut down roads leading into the area in protest over housing.

Authorities have confirmed that residents have been given permission to protest on Monday.

The latest demonstration follows a string of similar protests in Mitchells Plain, Parkwood, Hermanus and Vrygrond over the past few weeks.

Westlake community leader Amanda Nobande says residents have had enough of empty promises, following years of meetings between residents and authorities.

She says there’s a large number of backyarders in need of housing.

Nobande claims there’s also no day hospital in Westlake, forcing elderly people to travel to Retreat for medical care.

“We are planning to close all entrances because we don’t want people going
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City of Cape Town pushes for “zero tolerance” on land protests

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After weeks of land occupation protests, Cape Town was unusually quiet on Tuesday morning. While communities remain frustrated in their demand for housing and land, the City of Cape Town has announced it is taking a “zero tolerance approach” to land occupations.

A priority committee is set to be established within the South African Police Service (SAPS) to deal with land protests after city officials requested more action to curb protest action.

In the past two weeks, land occupations have been organised in Vrygrond, Parkwood, Mitchell’s Plein, Gugulethu and Ocean View. In total, the city says it knows of 34 areas where land and housing protests have taken place.

In Vrygrond, land occupation began in April. By mid-May, the protest action had spread 8km north to the nearby community of Parkwood, where residents occupied a field in a similar demand for housing.

Since then, protests have been continuing simultaneously over the past two
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