Advocacy & campaigns
South Africa: By-law on Streets, Public Places and Prevention of Nuisances
2006-10-12, Issue 273
http://pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/37712
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17th October 2006 is International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. It is also the day when the Mayoral Committee will discuss the By-law on Streets, Public Places and Prevention of Nuisances. The NGO Task Team will take the opportunity to highlight the plight of the poor and impact of the proposed By-law and consequences thereof on the lives of poor, unemployed and homeless people of Cape Town at a press conference.
Molo Songololo - CODETA - Homestead - The Big Issue - SWEAT - New World Foundation - OneLove Street Children's Project - Tutumike Refugee Project - Anex CDW -Alternative Information and Development Centre Notice of Press Conference By-law on Streets,
Public Places & Prevention of Nuisances Date: 17th October 2006 Venue: Scalabrini Centre, 43/47 Commercial St, Cape Town Time: 10h00 - 11h00
17th October 2006 is International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. It is also the day when the Mayoral Committee will discuss the By-law on Streets, Public Places and Prevention of Nuisances. The NGO Task Team will take the opportunity to highlight the plight of the poor and impact of the proposed By-law and consequences thereof on the lives of poor, unemployed and homeless people of Cape Town at a press conference.
The NGO Task Team, together with several other organisations and individuals, made submissions to the City of Cape Town opposing the By-law because certain provisions within the By-law
- Serve to unfairly discriminate against poor and vulnerable members of the community;
- Are counter to the municipality's responsibility in terms of developmental local government;
- Amount to 'bad' law in that they are unenforceable and rely on subjective qualitative evaluations; and
- The public participation process falls far short of what is necessary to meet legislated requirements to work with citizens and groups within the community to ensure sustainable improvement to the quality of their lives.
The NGO Task Team places on record that the By-Law fundamentally infringes various provisions of the South African Constitution. Accordingly the NGO Task Team reserves the right to challenge the constitutionality of the By-Law on these and other issues in a court of law at a later date if the By-Law is promulgated.
Patric Solomons, Molo Songololo On behalf of the Task team NGO Task Team Members Molo Songololo (021) 762 5420, Homestead (021) 419 9763, Big Issue (021) 461 6690, Sweat (021) 448 7875, New World Foundation (021) 701 1150, OneLove (021) 461 6424, Tutumike (021) 797 3395, ANEX (021) 638 3111






