Johnathan Paoli
THE Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal’s decision to dismiss the City of Cape Town’s application to overturn a Western Cape High Court ruling, which found the removal of land occupants in Khayelitsha, during the Covid-19 pandemic unlawful, unconstitutional and inhumane.
EFF national spokesperson Leigh-Ann Mathys said on Thursday her party hailed the judgement and would remain on the side of Africans, defending them from white supremacists who are now in government with the former liberation movement, the ANC.
“The land remains central to the freedom of our people, and the EFF will always champion its return to its rightful owners,” Mathys said.
In her judgment SCA Judge Connie Mocumie said the city was wrong in applying the remedy of “counter-spoliation” when it demolished the shacks of land occupiers.
Counter-spoliation allows for the recovery of land that has been unlawfully possessed as long
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