On 14 May 2011 the Mitchells Plain Backyarders' Association occupied two pieces of land in Kapteinsklip and Swartklip in Mitchells Plain. About 5,000 people participated in the occupation.Mitchells Plain land invasion case postponed till July , The New Age, 2011
Outcomes
There was a violent clash between occupiers and the police.Mitchell’s Plain land grab clashes escalate, Caryn Dolley and Aziz Hartley, IOL, 2011Bricks, bullets fly in land grab, Natasha Prince, Cape Argus, 2011 Fourteen people were arrested.Mitchells Plain land invasion case postponed till July , The New Age, 2011 Following the occupation there were a number of protest in defense of the occupation.Give us decent housing!, Rusana Philander, The New Age, 2011Media: Show of strength outside court , Shanti Aboobaker, Leila Samodien and Lauren Isaacs, Cape Times, 2011 An eviction order was served on the occupiers and they were denied leave to appeal. One of the occupiers Faiza Meyer was quoted as saying "I have been living on [this] land for four months, so what if we have this beautiful Constitution, it means nothing."Tafelsig land invaders leave to appeal application dismissed, Crystal Orderson, SABC, 2011 The anti-land invasion unit destroyed the occupation. It was reported that the Anti-Land Invasion Unit acted with considerable violence that resulted in breaking Christen De Jager's leg.Backyarders Injured in Anti-Land Invasion Demolition, by Fadela Slamdien, West Cape News, 7 June 2011.
Video Mitchells Plain land invasion and police response, Bush Radio News Clip on the Occupation and the Police Response,
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