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Several weeks ago, the Western Cape Superior Court ruled that the evictions could not be carried out while the state of disaster was still in effect.
Workers, protected by members of the Cape Town Metropolitan Police and the South African Police Services, tear down uninhabited huts in Bloekombos, Kraaifontein, Cape Town on August 6, 2020. Image: AFP
CAPE TOWN – The city of Cape Town is considering filing a petition to the Supreme Court of Appeals in its fight to be allowed to prevent land grabbing.
Several weeks ago, the Western Cape Superior Court ruled that the evictions could not be carried out while the state of disaster remained.
This unless a court order has been issued.
The city requested permission to appeal the sentence, however the request was dismissed Thursday.
Mayor Dan Plato is disappointed with the Superior Court’s decision to dismiss the city’s appeal request.
“We will ask the Supreme Court of Appeals to take our case directly to the SCA. We have to do it in the interest of the citizens of the city.”
He said land invasions continued uncontrolled.
Plato said the right to fight back was vital to the city’s land protection efforts.
The South African Human Rights Commission, which took the matter to court, declared counter-plundering illegal and called for the common law to be amended.
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