Case against Building Hijackers almost lost

By

Moses Ka Moyo

I could not believe it and felt pain when a letter supposedly written by a ward Councillor, was a couple of weeks submitted and read in a Magistrates court bail hearing for building hijackers as evidence that tenants had a “right” to collect money through a club account in a Sectional title Building. Amidst tonnes of evidence gathered by the men is Blue (SAPS) in this case the councillor sought through her letter to rubbish it (evidence) and blame the owners who had been chased off their properties by gun totting hijackers (according to the councillor when I called her to verify the tale in court –she insisted that owners cannot leave their properties and go and stay somewhere) what if Madame councillor they are intimidated and pushed out? As a representative of every resident in your ward-did you call them and find out why they left the building? What about property rights? Do/should they not exist in your ward?

Madame Councillor this letter would have been appropriate given to residents in your ward who have not had electricity and water for more than eight years, it could make a difference if presented to City Power or Jhb Water or you don’t think so? Why is sympathy always given to those with money or those who control it? And the poor are left to suffer – Inner-city needs revolutionary councillors who will see the side of bread that is buttered and ignore it and demand that the other side be buttered as well for the benefit of every resident in their wards. But hang on resident shanaaz once told me a story where the same councillor brought in a managing agent based in Rosettenville (legal threats are mounting day-by day –will not mention names) to manage the building .it could be that the arrested are proxies, as the Judge said it will be interesting to know on whose behalf the three collected money for.
The pain that I felt when a ward councillor letter almost rescued the building hijackers, is the pain that one will feel when he finds a green mamba on his lawn and strikes it several times on its body, and then a Councillor comes and applies betadine on it and carefully and clinically bandages it, resuscitating it from the intensive care unit and releases it back to your garden!



Mama Gladys summed it up well when she said we would rather lose councillors than the war against Building hijackers - you choose.

Am Out ,on record anyone that colludes with Building hijackers must equally be charged as an accessory to this heinous crime-period.

NB: Moses Ka Moyo is the Chairperson of the Friends of the Inner-city Forum (Writes in his personal capacity, Views expressed are not necessarily of the Friends of the Inner-city Forum).

can be contacted on +27 76 681 0577 bayethe@gmail.com or moses@inner-city-forum.org