Derrick Ramokosi said "I am here to stay because I don't have anywhere else to go. I don't work and I have eight children. I feel pain from this eviction. Red Ants burned my shack and I lost my ID book in that fire, it was inside a jacket that I left hanging in the house. We will continue to put up our shacks everyday, we are not working therefore we can not go anywhere. Here we are cutting proper and big enough stands where we can also be able to have gardens and produce food for our children.
On May 2 the Red Ants burned down shacks in Austin View between Rabie Ridge and Mayibuye Section.
One of the community leaders, Oscar Mkhari, said the community made an urgent application in the South African High Court in Pretoria.
He said on May 3 they were going to court with land owner and he hopes the Red Ants security company were notified about the court appearance so that they can stop evicting the community.
“We are not fighting with stones but we are using the law to challenge the person who keeps sending Red Ants to destroy the shacks.
“If the judge disputes the matter we will do another application until they let us stay here even temporarily until we get a proper place,” said Mkhari.
Given Kgapola said “I am very hurt by this burning of our homes. I am shocked to see such a thing, I was called from work and neighbors alerted me that our shacks were torched and our belongings were getting destroyed in the fire. I rushed back and found that my shack was burned to ashes. We will meet with the community and rebuild our homes but we do not know what is going to happen next. We will vote on May 8 because I know who is the right party that deserves my vote. We are kicked out by the
Hezekiel Maake said “I will not vote because parties are the same and many of them are break aways from the ANC. As we speak this open space has been here for many years and no one knows the rightful owner of this land. ANC is supposed to talk to the owner, if it is a private property, and give this land to the people. Why when the community is moving into this land the government wants to take it back, people are getting raped on the open land. Is that what the land is saved for? Government mus
Community vows to fight and win the land for the poor families.
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