Английская Википедия:Anti-Land Invasion Unit (Cape Town)
In 2009, the Anti-Land Invasion Unit was created by the City of Cape Town in an effort to stop people from illegally attempting to occupy land.[1] In 2011 the City stated that the unit demolished about 300 shacks each month.[2] The Anti-Land Invasions Unit is the biggest unit in the City's law enforcement operation.[3]
Unlawful actions by the Unit
When the unit was founded its director, stated that:
However, according to Sheldon Magardie of Lawyers for Human Rights the unit "is acting unlawfully". According to Magardie:
In May 2013 an article in The Daily Maverick claimed that the unit had acting illegally by evicting people from the Marikana Land Occupation without a court order and that City officials were justifying this in terms of a non-exist law and by lying about shacks that the unit had demolished being unoccupied.[4] Constitutional law expert Pierre de Vos later wrote that these evictions were "Brutal, inhumane, and totally unlawful"[5]
Public criticism
Allegations of both violence and theft have been made against the unit by grassroots activists[6][7] and in the media.[8] It May 2013 it was reported that the unit demolished a pre-school in Langa under questionable circumstances.[9][10] The People's Assembly has called for the unit to be disbanded.[11]
Notes and references
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- ↑ City’s anti-land invasion unit to stop land grabs Шаблон:Webarchive, City of Cape Town Press Statement, 2009
- ↑ Cape Town anti-land invasion unit acting illegally, say rights lawyers, Pambazuka News, 2011
- ↑ Anti-land invasion unit (ALI) Шаблон:Webarchive City of Cape Town website, undated entry
- ↑ City of Cape Town makes up law to justify eviction of the poor, Jared Sacks, The Daily Maverick, 6 May 2013
- ↑ Cape Town evictions: Brutal, inhumane, and totally unlawful, Pierre de Vos, The Daily Maverick, 9 May 2013
- ↑ Backyarders Injured in Anti-Land Invasion Demolition, by FADELA SLAMDIEN, West Cape News, 7 JUNE 2011
- ↑ Sleeping in the rain: even snakes treat us with more respect than the City of Cape Town, Abahlal baseMarikana Press Statement, 4 May 2013
- ↑ 'Shock and awe tactics' used on shack dwellers, Jared Sacks, Mail & Guardian, 10 May 2013
- ↑ In Langa, Cape Town: A dark combo of housing corruption & police brutality, by Jared Sacks, The Daily Maverick, 8 May 2013
- ↑ Pre-school closes as City demolishes Langa community hall, Nombulelo Damba, West Cape News, 9 May 2013
- ↑ People's Assembly Land, Race and Nation Conference declaration Шаблон:Webarchive, Amandla Magazine, June 2013
