Tag Archives: Department of Human Settlements
Open letter to Madam Mayor Patricia de Lille on the Mandela Park Land and Housing Crisis
19 July 2011 Dear Madam Mayor, While the Mandela Park Backyarders continue to receive no attention from the Western Cape Human Settlement MEC (Bonginkosi Madikizela), private property owners continue to monopolise the land that is already in short supply in … Continue reading
Protest Day 1: A call for Madikizela, MEC for Human Settlement to resign
PROTEST DAY ONE Last week Abahlali baseMjondolo Western Cape made a call to MEC for human settlement M.R Bonginkosi Madikizela to sign an undertaking that he will never, ever again within the Western Cape Province demolish or evict people without … Continue reading
Dear Honourable Minister Tokyo Sexwale – Re: Refusal to meet with us by MEC Madikizela
Dear Honourable Minister Tokyo Sexwale, cc’ Deputy Minister Zoliswa Kota-Fredericks cc’ Chairperson Beauty Dambuza in the National Assembly cc’ DHS Director General cc’ DHS Anti-Fraud & Anti-Corruption Unit As Mandela Park Backyarders and residents living in Khayelitsha near Cape Town … Continue reading
Update: Backyarder arrested but workers on housing site agree to suspend construction
Mandela Park Backyarders Press Update – 17 August 2010 at 13h20 Click here for this morning’s press release Early this morning at 03h00, Backyarder Loyiso Mfuku was arrested by Metro Police. He was sleeping in his home with his family. … Continue reading
Open letter to the Minister of Human Settlements in the Western Cape
27 July 2010 Dear Mr. Madikizela (M.E.C for Human Settlements) The Mandela-Park-Back-Yarders would like to extend words of appreciation to the intervention played by the DOH regarding the house of the Finca and Magcoba Family last week. We are looking … Continue reading
The Mandela Park Backyarders 