No need for violence - Housing activists to Minister Sisulu after altercation Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has been criticised for an outburst during a visit to the Taiwan informal settlement in Khayelitsha this week. Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu. Picture: @DWS RSA/Twitter
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CAPE TOWN - Cape Town housing activists on Thursday said they would not be bullied and that Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu s tactics would not scare or intimidate them.
Sisulu has been criticised for her outburst during a visit to the Taiwan informal settlement in Khayelitsha this week.
In a video of the incident, she was seen arguing with an activist – she has since said she would be lodging criminal complaint against the man.
The Khayelitsha Community Action Network says it will not be bullied by politicians.
This after one of its members was involved in an altercation with Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu over building materials.
While Sisulu
earlier reportedly said she would sue a Khayelitsha housing activist following an altercation, on Friday she said she considered the matter closed .
The Khayelitsha Community Action Network (CAN) says it refuses to be bullied by politicians following an altercation involving one of its members and Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu earlier this week.
EyeWitness News reported that Sisulu had confirmed that she would be opening a case against Cape Town housing activist Nkosikhona Swartbooi following an altercation between the two over building materials that went viral on social media.
Eskom announced on Friday that it will suspend load shedding as demand declined ahead of the weekend.
This after the power utility had implemented stage 2 load shedding between 10pm and 5am on Wednesday and Thursday.
Though load shedding has been suspended because the demand for electricity has dropped, Eskom still requested that South Africans continue use electricity sparingly as the system remained vulnerable.
A home affairs building. For illustration purposes. Picture: Ashraf Hendricks
In keeping up with government’s so-called fourth industrial revolution (4IR) endeavours, the Department of Home Affairs is building a digital national identity system (NIS), which it says will be inclusive, secure, accurate, confidential and responsive.
Khayelitsha community network ‘refuses to be bullied’ after Sisulu altercation News24 Wire
Lindiwe Sisulu. Gallo Images The altercation between Swartbooi and Sisulu happened during the minister’s visit to the fire-ravaged Taiwan informal settlement.
The Khayelitsha Community Action Network (CAN) says it refuses to be bullied by politicians following an altercation involving one of its members and Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu earlier this week.
EyeWitness News reported that Sisulu had confirmed that she would be opening a case against Cape Town housing activist Nkosikhona Swartbooi following an altercation between the two over building materials that went viral on social media.
Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu. (Screengrab via Nkosikhona Swartbooi, Twitter)
A Cape Town housing activist was shocked by a confrontation over building materials with Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu.
In a video, Sisulu called him a liar and demanded that he stop filming her.
Sisulu hinted at legal action in a statement which dismissed him as somebody out to get cheap personal credit .
A Cape Town housing activist said he was shocked by the way Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu shouted at him when he said residents of eMpolweni were still waiting for building materials he said she had promised.