The City of Cape Town Anti-land Invasion Unit, accompanied by law enforcement, demolished five shacks at a site called Xakabantu in Vrygrond, in the rain on Thursday afternoon, 9 July 2020.On Friday morning, most of the people whose shacks were demolished had left the area to find shelter.
“We are very angry because there is no one that should be out of their house in this rain,” said Nomapha Marcus, who runs the local soup kitchen in Xakabantu for Vrygrond United 4 Change. Wayne Dyason, spokesperson for the City’s Law Enforcement said that “rounds were discharged to disperse the crowd who had started acting in a violent manner”.conflict
Fodo said there are about 150 structures in Xakabantu, most of them built by people leaving cramped rooms in Vrygrond. She said that the city demolishes shacks on a regular basis in the area, but the last demolition was in April 2020.
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