SAHRC launches Lwandle evictions probe

More than 800 families saw their shacks demolished and they were left homeless after roads agency Sanral was granted an eviction order by the Western Cape High Court earlier this year. The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says it intends to engage with all parties involved to investigate the Lwandle evictions in the Western Cape.The families had moved onto land earmarked for road expansion.The eviction was later put on hold and the families are being supplied with building kits.Sanral has since offered the people an alternative piece of land, about 20 km from the contested land. Online from the SAHRC is spokesperson, Isaac Mangena