Mass Meeting Of The Wesbank AEC To Fight Against Corruption And Lack Of Housing

Recurring eviction problems have been going on in our community since 2001. In 2001, our community elected a housing committee to help us solve all housing related issues in our area.

Wesbank Anti-Eviction Campaign Press Statement

November 11, 2008 – For Immediate Release

Event: Wesbank AEC public meeting
Venue: Wesbank Primary School number 1
Time: 19h00

Recurring eviction problems have been going on in our community since 2001. In 2001, our community elected a housing committee to help us solve all housing related issues in our area.

Still, people were evicted by the Kuilsriver court and with the help of lawyers paid for by corrupt landowners. The community turned to committee members such as Mrs. Brady, Mrs, Sameuls, and Grace Blaauw for help who then went on to pressure government. We went to ex-Mayor Mfeketo as well as current Mayor Helen Zille. We went to ex-minister of housing Mr. Transman and ex-minister of housing Mr. Richard Dyantyi, We even approached the ex-premier, Mr. Rasool.

All of the above people were just full of empty promises.

In Wesbank there is a lot of coruption going on all the time – but no one except the poor in our community take notice. Most of the homeowners here have ever even lived in their houses but instead rent them out at hight rates in order to make money off of the poor. Backyard dwellers are also in a very vulnerable position in our community – their voices also need to be heard.

As we have mentioned, we sought help from many government officials and NGOs, but the only ones that supported our struggle were the communities of the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign. They were the only people that listened to us and struggled with us.

We, the Wesbank Anti-Eviction Campaign will hold a mass meeting in our community this evening, 11th of November, 2008. Everybody is invited! Everybody is welcome!

For more information, contact 078 4031 302