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- Date: 16th February 1995
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- City: LENASIA JHB
- Country: South Africa
- Reuters ID: 95FEB16V01
- Story Text:
VALENTINES VILLAGE LENASIA JOHANNESBURG: SQUATTERSì
OCCUPYING EMPTY HOUSES POLICE REMOVING THEM
06.46.15 EARLY AM. POLICE WALKING STREETS
06.47.20 CHECKING IF HOUSES ARE BEING OCCUPIED
06.49.30 CAMOUFLAGED CASPIR PULLING UP
06.51.39 RESIDENT: "I would like our own Indianì
people to stay here."
06.53.14 POLICE CHECKING SOME MORE HOUSES
06.55.32 POLICEMAN CLIMBING THROUGH WINDOW
06.57.50 SAP LENASIA STATION COMMANDER: "Theì
Housing Dept is here to evict the people that haveì
occupied these houses unlawfully & we are justì
giving them security"
06.58.08 "We haven't had any nasty incidents..."
06.58.12 THREE ARRESTS MADE - TAKEN TO COURT FORì
IMMEDIATE BAIL APPLICATION LAST NIGHT - BAIL AT Aì
R1000,00
07.01.28 POLICE WATCHING AS BLACK MEN REMOVEì
STUFFF FROM HOUSE
07.08.30 POLICE CHECKING MORE HOUSES
07.22.00 SQUATTERS CHASING SECURITY GUARD AWAY
07.25.07 POLICE NYALA PULLING UP
07.26.36 SQUATTERS ON BAKKIE [TRYING TO ROUND UPì
SUPPORT]
07.26.55 CU MAN SITTING BACK BAKKIE HOLDINGì
SCREWDRIVER
07.28.01 SQUATTERS ON BAKKIE SHOUTING TO OTHERì
SQUATTERS WHO'VE ALREADY OCCUPIED HOUSES TO STAY
07.30.19 2 WOMEN WITH BABY SITTING IN FRONT HOUSE
07.31.04 INT TASNEEM HUTTON: "We were told by theì
police if we in the houses they are going to lockì
us up...haven't got a R1000,00 to pay [bail] forì
all our husbands...
07.31.24 "All we want is a house...what must weì
do?"
07.32.15 "This is the house I'm occupyingì
now..because I haven't got a place to stay..."
07.32.54 "There was no problems the first day butì
yesterday we were told to evacuate at 10:00, thenì
the deadline went to 17:00...up till now we don'tì
know what's happening here."
07.33.13 "All we want is a house to stay a placeì
to stay for me for everybody with their children &ì
families..."
07.38.09 WOMAN HOLDING BABY SHOUTING "I won'tì
move!"
07.38.27 "They can do what they want! They canì
bring the whole police station! I won't move!"
07.38.57 MORE GV'S UPSET SQUATTERS
07.39.26 "Now they take us away! why?!"
07.39.34 'We are going to stay here1 we don'tì
move!!"
07.40.17 MAN SAYING HE GOT HIS APPLICATION LONGì
BEFORE HOUSES WERE BUILT
07.40.32 WHAT ABOUT THE GORV YOU VOTED FOR/ Iì
DON'T KNOW THEY'RE SITING NOW THEY'RE SITTING! WEì
MUST STAY LIKE DOGS MAN. THIS IS UNFAIR!
07.41.06 WOMAN WITH KIDS SHOUTING "Last night youì
people didn't want to arrest us why?! Arrest usì
because we are desperate!"
07.41.32 "I won't move [CRYING} I'm sick!"
07.42.35 PEOPLE MOVING OUT
07.43.18 UPSET ANGRY SQUATTERS WITH CASPIR BG
07.44.17 JEFFREY NTSOMI, ORGANISER CIVICì
ASSOCIATION: "This is not a racial issue, but nowì
the Indian people, they have shown that they areì
racist. So what we are going to do from next weekì
we are going to remove the Indian people from allì
coloured areas [PEOPLE SHOUTING THEIR AGREEMENT]
07.44.40 "Next week we're going to embark on aì
mass action, on a stayaway on the PWV area"
07.44.52 "We are going to remove the Indian peopleì
from all coloured areas, business people..."
07.45.16 'where ther is Indian business - OUT!"
07.46.46 BLUE COP CAR LIGHT SQUATTERS BEHING
07.50.21 SECURITY GUARDS
07.52.33 POLICE TALKING TO WOMAN SITTING
07.55.20 LOTS POLICE NYALAS
07.59.10 SQUATTERS WALKING STREET NYALA FOLLOWING
07.59.46 LOW ANGLE SQUATTERS WALKING CASPIRì
APPROACHING
08.03.35 INT NISSAM BOLTON LENASIA ANC SECRETARY:
'Housing Minister has had to take decisive actionì
because this action that has been taken threatensì
all its future housing projects..."
08.04.28 MANY OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE WAITED IN LINEì
FOR THEIR HOUSES - PROCESS OF ALLOCATION
08.04.37 "One cannot encourage a system ofì
queu-jumping & of an ad hoc allocation after itì
has been occupied by unknown individuals..."
08.06.06. MR LALOO CHIBA [MP FOR GUATENG] "thereì
seems to be a very highly orchestrated campaign ofì
moving residents from other areas into thisì
particular area. Those who've organised thisì
seemed to have some sort of political agenda..."
08.06.34 "Our concern is that we cannot have aì
disorderly of whereby move in invade land invadeì
houses illegally because that actually jeopardisesì
the RDP...."
08.07.26 "We cannot tolerate the question ofì
illegal occupation of houses and land."
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