“People came to us and complain about them being harassed and also I personally saw them taking people’s stuff, load it on and go dump it somewhere else. And that was a concern.
“Then of course two weeks ago they started issuing fines to people but they didn’t do it on the basis of a by-law on homeless people. They used another by-law on noise and litter pollution. They [are] issuing fines for littering and noise pollution. So it’s an indirect targeting of homeless people,” said Nissen.“Why are we then even fining a poor person who can’t even have bread or a house? Has to beg for bread daily. [Now] they have to pay R300 and a R1,000.
EFF leader Julius Malema also raised concerns but said the party was not shocked as the DA had no interests of the poor people at heart. “We don’t think that will happen because those black people on the pavements, even if you fine them they can’t afford to pay. Even if they don’t pay what else are you going to do? You can’t take property from them, you can’t do anything, they don’t have income, they don’t have a home. So you can’t do anything.
“So it’s actually an extreme stupid to make but it is just telling you how they feel about black people,” Malema said.
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