South Africa: City Removes People Occupying Gugulethu Land

The City's Anti-Land Invasion Unit (ALIU) demolished shacks and confiscated material from people occupying private land in Gugulethu on Tuesday morning. Some of the backyarders who were evicted have vowed to barricade roads in response.

The eviction comes despite Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille intending to meet with the occupiers later this week amid her ongoing discussions with both the occupiers and the landowners. De Lille's spokesperson, Xolani Koyana, told GroundUp that the mayor had not given any assurance that the occupiers would not be removed. De Lille made it clear that she could not give the occupiers permission to settle on privately owned land, Koyana said.

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