Human Settlements Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, says she will approach the courts over the City of Cape Town's handling of an eviction in Khayelitsha during which a naked man was manhandled by law enforcement officers.
Video footage of the incident sparked an outcry on social media.
The City has defended its
action, saying the eviction was meant to stop invasions of land that was earmarked for housing development.
The mayor has also apologised for the incident.
The Human Rights C ommission in the Western Cape and opposition parties have laid a charge against the Metro for allegedly being in contempt of Disaster Management Regulations on evictions.
The Minister's spokesperson, Yonela Diko: "They cannot be evicted without alternative accommodation that should be found and secondly now we are on lockdown and the rules are very clear that people should not be evicted so the minister felt that because we spoke to the city of Cape Town about this.
We've had engagement that there is nothing in law that empowers any state
institution to humiliate people, to take away their dignity, even law enforcement so the minister is really incensed that's why we taking this route of going to court." "https://scontent-jnb1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/s526x296/106775480_3307763309276030_6544791393915053116_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_sid=110474&_nc_ohc=BdUhyN6iFwMAX88ptbJ&_nc_ht=scontent-jnb1-1.xx&_nc_tp=7&oh=e38f6b98c47c2629580abc4451530065&oe=5F25F5FF"
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