RAZINA MUNSHI: In a pandemic, housing is a matter of life and death
Covid-19 is showing up, once again, the absolute failure of this government to secure housing for its people
27 May 2020 - 06:00
In broad daylight. In the dark. With no uniforms. Or identification. Having had no consultation with the community. And with no identifiable logic or reason on who gets to stay and whose home gets destroyed.
This is how the community of Vrygrond in Cape Town describes repeated incidents of shack demolitions since the Covid-19 lockdown began...
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