DURBAN - The City of Cape Town said on Monday that independent investigators retained to probe the eviction of a naked shack dweller from his illegal Empolweni dwelling last week had started with their investigation.
A video clip of Bulelani Qolani being evicted from his shack, while naked, sparked outrage on social media. It was alleged that he was evicted while in the process of bathing, which the city has questioned. "This includes footage showing Mr Qolani clothed and standing outside during the operation to remove five illegal structures on Wednesday, 1 July 2020. Mr Qolani looks directly into the camera, as Law Enforcement officials are heard dismantling illegal structures. This indicates Mr Qolani was not bathing as claimed.
Cape Town's mayoral committee member for safety and security, alderman JP Smit, had said during a virtual briefing to the National Assembly’s cooperative governance portfolio committee, that videos were taken by law enforcement at evictions so that footage could be reviewed if allegations were made. The city's mayoral committee member for human settlements, Malusi Booi, said: "No eviction has been conducted on this site, only anti-land invasion operations. Mr Qolani could not possibly have been living there as he claims, given that Law Enforcement has been conducting near daily anti-land invasion operations at the site."
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