COVID-19: Lockdown land occupiers march on Cape Town parliament
Residents who occupied land during the COVID-19 lockdown last year marched to the provincial legislature in Cape Town on Monday.
Article originally published by GroundUp/Mary-Anne Gontsana.
Hundreds of informal settlement residents marched to the provincial legislature in Cape Town on Monday to hand over a memorandum, demanding basic services.
Residents from various informal settlements across the city established in land occupations during the COVID-19 lockdown ,starting in March 2020, have formed the Intlungu Yasematyotyombeni Movement (IYM) (“the plight of shack dwellers”) .
They are demanding water, toilets and electricity.
Protesters march on Cape Town legislature
The Intlungu yaseMatyotyombeni Movement (Pain of the Slums), a grouping of shack dwellers made their way to the Western Cape Legislature in an effort to get the Province to provide services in their newly established settlements. Picture: Armand Hough/African News Agency(ANA)
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Cape Town - The Intlungu yaseMatyotyombeni Movement (Pain of the Slums), a group of shack dwellers, boarded taxis in Khayelitsha and neighbouring townships, and made their way to the office of the Premier Alan Winde, in an effort to get him provide services in their newly-established settlements.
As South Africa moves into the winter season and may soon be dealing with its third wave of Covid-19, members from Intlungu yaseMatyotyombeni Movement (IYM) protested outside the Western Cape legislature demanding basic services.
“All we need is water, proper sanitation and electricity … this isn’t the first time we’ve made these demands to the City [of Cape Town]. Last year we went to the Civic Centre with the same demands but we were arrested and shot at,” Thembeni Kani told
Daily Maverick.
Lawyer for the Intlungu yaseMatyotyombeni Movement, Thulasive Twalo greets members of the movement outside the Western Cape legislature building in Cape Town, on Monday, 10 May 2021. (Photo: Victoria O’Regan)
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