SERI fights back against critics. Image: @PublicSafetyMMC
Hijacked Buildings: SERI to continue fight against illegal evictions
SERI has pointed the finger at the City if Johannesburg as its neglect of its buildings results in buildings becoming condemned
SERI fights back against critics. Image: @PublicSafetyMMC
The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa(SERI) has defended itself in the wake of the devastating fire that claimed the lives of 77 people residing in a hijacked building in Johannesburg.
SERI BACKS ITSELF
The NGO is among many that has come under fire on social media following the fire, for their alleged continued defense of residents, against the ‘illegal’ eviction of residents by the City of Johannesburg.
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MMC for Public Safety Mgcini Tshwaku and MMC for Housing have pointed their finger and SERI and other NGO’s for protecting hijacked building and its residents.
The NGO has however called on the City to step up and improve the conditions of municipal owned buildings.
“SERI urges the City to take this unfortunate event as a wakeup call to proactively improve the conditions in the buildings it owns and manages, as well as other abandoned buildings in order to prevent future loss of life.”
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SERI says it will defend the vulnerable groups facing evictions.
“Despite these tactics, and the City’s ongoing recalcitrance, SERI remains determined in defending the rights of vulnerable people who face illegal evictions in the City of Johannesburg at the hands of either the state or private owners with no alternative accommodation and in direct contravention of the rights entrenched in Constitution”
