Picture and words: Sandiso Phaliso / GroundUp
The Passenger Rail Agency of South (PRASA) has been accused of contempt of court for failing to adhere to a Western Cape High Court ruling of 6 September to shelter families it illegally evicted in August from Transnet-owned land along Old Marine Drive in Cape Town.
On Friday, Judge Tandazwa Ndita gave PRASA 24 hours to build temporary habitable dwellings that afford shelter, privacy and amenities at least equivalent to those that were destroyed.
But PRASA was nowhere to be seen on the weekend, and nothing has been done to date. GroundUp found people sleeping out in the cold without shelter.
In a statement on Monday, housing activist organisation Ndifuna Ukwazi said PRASA's inaction was a clear act of contempt.
