According to the judgment, the city said it had offered Phillips alternative accommodation but he refused to take it.
“The actions of the [city] in repeatedly demolishing the home of Mr Phillips is a sore and painful reflection of a failure to appreciate the plight of our poor communities, the hardships suffered and what can probably be described as objectifying the indigent as having no individual rights worthy of recognition,” she said.
Repeatedly demolishing the home of Mr Phillips is a sore and painful reflection of a failure to appreciate the plight of our poor communities."The demolition was indeed also inhumane, heartless and done with scant [regard for] his safety, security and health - particularly in light of the Covid-19 health pandemic.
Salie-Hlophe said although the city is under pressure to provide housing, in accordance with the constitution, it should act lawfully.
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