ANCYL demands land in Constantia

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Yozi singled out Constantia and the Rondebosch Common as land that could be given to the province's poor.

More than a thousand protesters, most of them affiliated to the local ANCYL, the provincial ANC, the Young Communist League (YCL), the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu), and the ANC Women's League assembled outside the Western Cape legislature.

They demanded that Premier Helen Zille accept the memorandum of service delivery demands and refused to give the document to Sports and Recreation MEC Ivan Meyer instead.

"We want Zille. We want the madam," the crowd chanted.

They later allowed Economic Development MEC Alan Winde to sign the memorandum, but expressed outrage that Zille had snubbed them.

Winde was booed when he tried to explain that the document would be handed to the premier.
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http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/ANCYL-demands-land-in-Constantia-Rondebosch-20120827
 
"We will never apologise to the madam, to Zille. The days of apartheid are over. They want to charge us, but we'll charge Helen Zille for genocide in the Western Cape."
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Genocide? :wtf:
 
Ever read something so stupid that the inevitable facepalm caused a concussion?
 
The ANCYL blamed Zille for the loss of life in Khayelitsha and its surrounds during violent service delivery protests, insisting that the provincial government's failure to deliver had forced people to take to the streets in anger.
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"It's your fault that we murder each other!"
 
Cool E said:
IF That land is not occupied , give it to the people. We need land to build houses.
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It's not the unoccupied land they are after, it's the well developed, well maintained houses they want for free.

Man, I want a free house in Constantia too, but I doubt I'd be able to afford the rates and taxes.
 
Cool E said:
IF That land is not occupied , give it to the people. We need land to build houses.
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The problem is that land is not the government's to give away;

The ANC Youth league has demanded that land owned by private individuals and companies be made available to house the Western Cape's poor.
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You want that land, you buy that land.
 
The ANC Youth league has demanded that land owned by private individuals and companies be made available to house the Western Cape's poor.
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They should just be told to go **** themselves.
 
2012 said:
It's not the unoccupied land they are after, it's the well developed, well maintained houses they want for free.
Man, I want a free house in Constantia too, but I doubt I'd be able to afford the rates and taxes.
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They have no intention of paying rates and taxes. That is for the whiteys who live there and actually paid for their properties

There is actually a big chunk of land at the boundary of Kendal Road/Spaanschemat River Road and Ladies Mile Road that Council have been using as a garden refuse dump for years. Then they could also tear down the Waterworks offices and yard at the top of Meadowridge and add this to the package. Looking at the "settllement" in Hout Bay, I estimate that at least 20 000 shacks could be accommodated there. There is access to the freeways (1 minute to the M3), Constantia Village Shopping and Begging Centre, 15 mins up the road to their comrades in Hout Bay, the Constantia Primary School (needs a little attention), so what more could a refugee from the Eastern Cape want?
 
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