The City of Cape Town has approached the Western Cape High Court for an interdict against development and business forums that allegedly threatened the contractors working on the MyCiTi expansion project along AZ Berman Drive in Mitchells Plain.
He adds that the contractor had no alternative but to withdraw from the area. ‘The group has also vowed to burn machinery should work continue and their demands not be met.The incidents were reported to the South African Police’s organised crime unit, which is currently investigating the matter.that he is disappointed by the halt of this project. ‘Just recently, I received a call from the community informing me of a reduction in water supply.
‘When we’ve raised these concerns with the City of Cape Town, having meetings at the sub-council, we were told that they are going to assist us. Later they came back to say they don’t have to assist us because there is nothing in the contract from the CoCT that obligates them to do empowerment. We then asked ‘Is this only for slaves?’.
‘Why do we have to struggle to find work in our communities when people from outside come in and chow the millions in front of us? It’s not fair, when we approach them they run to courts and accuse us of extortion but they are the biggest extortionists.’ ‘We refused to give in and the very next day a group of people arrived at the site, intimidated the contractor and staff, and brought work to a standstill.’