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FIERY THREATS: A section of Landsdowne Road strewn with burning tyres after the service delivery protest at SST informal settlement in Town Two, Khayelitsha. Photo: Lunathi Obose

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The Town Two residents are demanding that the City of Cape Town build them "decent" houses and immediately install "proper flushing toilets".

The SST informal settlement's residents collected more than 10 toilets in the area at the weekend after barricading Lansdowne Road and burnt them.

"No more temporary toilets here. We want flushing toilets, nothing else," said Nicky Mlotywa yesterday. She accused the city of being arrogant.

"Why must we wait for 50 years to get service delivery? The DA-led government doesn't care about disadvantaged people.

"They only care about us when it's time for elections," she said.

Mlotywa, 34, threatened to make the province ungovernable. "If they [city officials] do not respond we will barricade the N2 and throw stones at the cars," she said, adding that they did not have a councillor in their area.

Nofikile Jamendlini, 69, said: "I need a proper place to stay. We've been staying here for over a decade. We vote every year but nothing ever happens."

She said her concern was for her children. "I wish when I die I can leave my children in their own proper place. My shack is leaking when it's raining and I have arthritis and high blood pressure," she said.

However, she did not agree with destroying the toilets, saying it was uncalled for.

"I don't know what we old people are going to do because we can't manage to go to the bushes every day."

Khayalethu Jacobs said they wanted DA leader Helen Zille "to come and witness our situation".

When Sowetan asked Jacobs if they had reported their grievances to their councillor, he said: "It's rather better not to ask me about councillors.

"We don't have any councillor here to report to."

Sowetan tried to get a comment from ANC local councillor Amos Komeni but he did not answer his cellphone and did not respond to messages sent to it. The city also failed to respond to an e-mail sent to its offices.

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Thu Jun 20 06:33:30 SAST 2013 ::

Jul 16, 2012

WakeUpSouthAfrica

LOL, so buuurn down your 'unhygenic' toilets, and then go back to 'sanitary' pit toilets.
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Jul 16, 2012

Aquia

....And then they'll be crying that government is not doing anyhting for them and tat that they don't have toilets. So bayo kakela kae in the mean time? Bushes bushes..sis!
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Jul 16, 2012

swona

they will go to the bush! government must not replace these toilets!
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Jul 16, 2012

masende

BAZONYAPHI MANJE STUPID PPL
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Jul 16, 2012

Band_Man

I bet the person who instigated the match has a working toilet. Sadly (if you that way inclined) Helen has strong case now. I did my best and these people destroyed everything
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Jul 16, 2012

sabza007

Idiots, where are you going to shiit now???? Shiit and Urine does not care its released on a permanent or temporary toilet. When shiit want go come out, you can't stop it.
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Jul 16, 2012

sabza007

Idiots, where are you going to shiit now???? Shiit and Urine does not care its released on a permanent or temporary toilet. When shiit want come out, you can't stop it.
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Jul 16, 2012

Tikoloshe

....these people must get back on their Eastern Cape taxis and go back home to the corrupt Province of Xhosaland.

They come to other Provinces because the hyenas are stealing all the money and say "the ANC promised us houses....where are our houses" then make a strike and toyi toyi. arrest these people for publice violence.....taxpayers are sick of working just to have their stuff destroyed!!!!
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Jul 16, 2012

Maezizsto4Sure

masende
BAZONYAPHI MANJE STUPID PPL
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kikikikikikikikiki ja neh
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Jul 16, 2012

Shredder

Why do you destroy what you have?
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