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Cape Times reports that the eviction of poor farmworkers in the Western Cape has reached a tipping point, the ANC has said, following three families having been evicted from the Simondium Guest Lodge in Franschhoek at the weekend.
The party called for a moratorium on evictions, and lambasted the Democratic Alliance (DA) for a “lack of action against these evictions”. The eviction came as about 200 families have reportedly already been evicted from other farms across the province this year. Earlier this year, Drakenstein municipal manager Lauren Waring conceded that the municipality had become a “hot spot for evictions”, with more than 1,000 pending. Drakenstein ANC spokesperson Thembekile Mangena said they condemned the "arbitrary" evictions and that they would assist the residents in laying charges against Simondium Guest Lodge. The human rights organisation Women on Farms Project has said it would write to President Cyril Ramaphosa asking for a moratorium on farm evictions. The spokesperson for Economic Opportunities MEC Alan Winde, Bianca Capazorio, said their department would be following up the matter to determine the circumstances around the evictions. Capazorio indicated that the Western Cape was the only province in the country to have a farmworker support unit.
- Read this report by Chevon Booysen in full at Cape Times
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