Mitchell's Plain land occupation

On 14 May 2011 the Mitchells Plain Backyarders' Association[1] occupied two pieces of land in Kapteinsklip and Swartklip in Mitchells Plain. About 5,000 people participated in the occupation.[2]

Outcomes

There was a violent clash between occupiers and the police.[3][4] Fourteen people were arrested.[5] Following the occupation there were a number of protest in defense of the occupation.[6][7] An eviction order was served on the occupiers and they were denied leave to appeal. One of the occupiers Faiza Meyer was quoted as saying "I have been living on [this] land for four months, so what if we have this beautiful Constitution, it means nothing."[8] The anti-land invasion unit destroyed the occupation. It was reported that the Anti-Land Invasion Unit acted with considerable violence that resulted in breaking Christen De Jager's leg.[9]

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Notes and references
  1. "Mitchell's Plain Backyarder's Association". Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  2. Mitchells Plain land invasion case postponed till July Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine, The New Age, 2011
  3. Mitchell’s Plain land grab clashes escalate, Caryn Dolley and Aziz Hartley, IOL, 2011
  4. Bricks, bullets fly in land grab, Natasha Prince, Cape Argus, 2011
  5. Mitchells Plain land invasion case postponed till July Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine, The New Age, 2011
  6. Give us decent housing!, Rusana Philander, The New Age, 2011
  7. Media: Show of strength outside court Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine, Shanti Aboobaker, Leila Samodien and Lauren Isaacs, Cape Times, 2011
  8. Tafelsig land invaders leave to appeal application dismissed, Crystal Orderson, SABC, 2011
  9. Backyarders Injured in Anti-Land Invasion Demolition, by Fadela Slamdien, West Cape News, 7 June 2011.


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