Bulelani Qolani, who made headlines when he was dragged naked from his home in Khayelitsha by Anti-Land Invasion officers during the 2020 lockdown, is launching legal action against the City of Cape Town. | GroundUp_News
Bulelani Qolani was dragged naked from his shack in Khayelitsha by City of Cape Town officers who were evicting people from the newly formed settlement in July 2020, during lockdown.Civil society groups plan to launch a campaign on 8 February 2023 to mark Qolani’s litigation against the City and to “expose law enforcement brutality”. from his home in Khayelitsha by Anti-Land Invasion officers during the 2020 lockdown, says he is launching legal action against the City of Cape Town.
Qolani said the incident left him traumatised and damaged his dignity. “The City evicted me without an order from the court and victimised me without instructions.He said he decided to approach the courts because he is “not happy with the offer from the City of Cape Town”., various civil society groups have agreed to support a campaign which starts on 8 February to mark Qolani’s litigation bid against the City and to “expose law enforcement brutality”.
Following a string of shack demolitions and evictions by the City of Cape Town in recently occupied informal settlements during the Covid lockdown, the South African Human Rights Commission and others took the City of Cape Town and SA Police Service to court. that the City wrongly applied the remedy of “counter spoliation” when it demolished shacks and evicted families from several informal settlements during the lockdown.
Regarding the settlement negotiations with Qolani, the City confirmed that it was served with a letter of demand by Qolani following the incident.
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