'No to capitalist forced removal'
26/09/2007 14:09  - (SA)  

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Cape Town - Over a 1 000 residents of Cape Town's Joe Slovo informal settlement gathered outside Cape High Court ahead of an eviction hearing on Wednesday.

The residents, who were closely monitored by police, are objecting to a plan to remove them to make way for the N2 Gateway housing development.

Cape Judge President Judge Hlophe is expected to rule later on Wednesday morning on an application by Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu and state-owned developer Thubelisha Homes for the eviction order.

On Tuesday residents descended en masse on the city centre to lodge individual objection notices to the application.

Some were still handing in their forms on Wednesday morning.

They sat peacefully in the street as they waited for the hearing to get under way.

Many of them held posters including ones that read "Stop oppressing poor people"; "That is not a better (life) for all" and "No to capitalist forced removal".

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