Английская Википедия:Anti-Land Invasion Unit (Cape Town)

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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:

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However, according to Sheldon Magardie of Lawyers for Human Rights the unit "is acting unlawfully". According to Magardie:

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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]

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