This is the work done by the Branch of the SACP Ester Barsel [CRESTA] which the G/S of the Party is an active member. While the media can run with the story which their inheritance profit making at expense of working class. The fact of the is they will not report of the collusion of organs of state and private sector on the same matter. To the branch which was working SANCO, that's how it shows unity the can defeat land grabbing and the enemy within. Even the newspaper heading itself stinks of undermining our government, giving an inflammatory statement that in S/A justice is for the rich which is purely lies.
L/J D/S A.M _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of VC Sent: 19 January 2015 07:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Poor people do win too - The Times TheTimes.jpg Poor people do win too Roxanne Henderson, The Times, Johannesburg, 18 January, 2015 Two pensioners have won the right to stay on the land they have lived on for four decades despite a developer's attempts to evict them to build townhouses. The Johannesburg High Court on Friday dismissed an application by All Building and Cleaning Services for an order that Lesiba Matlaila, 71, Sophie Khumalo, 71, and Khumalo's daughter, Connie, be evicted from a smallholding in Fairlands, Johannesburg. Matlaila had tended the vegetable garden and livestock on the smallholding for his employer, a Mr Twaalfhoven, since the 1970s, and Khumalo kept the house. Connie has never lived anywhere else. After Twaalfhoven's death in 2008 the property changed ownership a number of times. The current owner, All Building and Cleaning Services, wants to build townhouses on the land and applied for an eviction order in November 2013. Said Matlaila: "I'm very happy about the judgment. I didn't expect to win this case because poor people don't win." Acting Judge Paul Carstensen found that the company had not shown that eviction would be just and equitable. The company failed to satisfy the court that it had adequately negotiated with the residents and had tried to provide them with alternative accommodation. The judge took exception to what he called "intimidatory tactics". On Freedom Day in 2013, men claiming to be the owners of the property started to demolish the residents' homes. Neighbours intervened and Matlaila obtained a restraining order, but they had damaged the plumbing of the three dwellings. Nomzamo Zondo, a Socio-Economic Rights Institute lawyer, said: "This case is a warning that property developers must treat poor people whom they find on newly purchased land with respect." From: http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2015/01/18/poor-people-do-win-too __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 11034 (20150118) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
