The Passenger Rail Agency of South (PRASA) has been accused of contempt of court for failing to adhere to a Western Cape High Court ruling of 6 September to shelter families it illegally evicted in August from Transnet-owned land along Old Marine Drive in Cape Town.
The Passenger Rail Agency of South has been accused of contempt of court for failing to adhere to a Western Capeof 6 September to shelter families it illegally evicted in August from Transnet-owned land along Old Marine Drive in Cape Town.On Friday, Judge Tandazwa Ndita gave PRASA 24 hours to build ‘temporary habitable dwellings that afford shelter, privacy and amenities at least equivalent to those that were destroyed’.
In a statement on Monday, housing activist organisation Ndifuna Ukwazi said PRASA’s inaction was ‘a clear act of contempt’.‘Only after the 24 hours to comply with the order had expired did PRASA notify the High Court of its intention to appeal the ruling. However, no formal application for the appeal has been filed as yet,’ the statement said.
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