WATCH: #BoKaap residents served with interdict by construction company

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Cape Town - A construction company has served Bokaap residents with an interdict to stop them from disrupting the development. On Thursday, construction company Blok approached the Western Cape High Court to stop Bokaap youth and the Community of Bokaap from halting their development plans.

“We are very angry as this affects the entire community. The challenge we are sitting with is that we cannot walk freely in our community,” Bo-Kaap Civic association chairperson Osman Shabodien said. He said residents will be very disappointed if they grant that interdict. “We hope the courts take us into consideration.”



Plans are afoot to commence low-income housing in the Bo-Kaap and St Monica’s Home property is earmarked. “We have a very emotional attachment to that building,” Shabodien said. According to Blok the residents have tried to illegally and unlawfully trespass.

“Recent attempts to disrupt work and even destroy property at construction sites in the area have endangered the safety of the people working on our site, neighbouring homes and schools such as St Paul’s Primary and Vista High. “More recent attacks at other sites have led to hospitalisation of site personnel in some instances and millions of rand in damages,” Block said.





“We have also had to seek interdictory relief from the Western Cape High Court against specific individuals who have led some of the attacks and intimidation on our sites. We have made numerous documented attempts to peacefully engage them and co-operate where possible, however they remain unwilling to do so,” their court papers state.





To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Bo-Kaap residents gathered in numbers at the High Court today after certain residents and organisations were served with an Interdict from Blok developers, barring them from protesting against development in the area. Video: Athina May.





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