FollowIn one of the few news articles publicising the forced, physically and violent removals of people in the Hangberg one community member is quoted as saying: “No land for the poor but land enough for the horse owners.”
This is a short film produced by Dylan Valley and Aryan Kaganof. This is a film as told by the community of Hangberg. Talk to us.
hi all, Dylan here, one of the filmmakers that put this film together.
A lot of it is in Afrikaans, which if you cant understand, i will try and fill in for you.The film is about the very recent attacks on the community of Hangberg in Cape Town.
The area is built on a scenic hill where a David and Goliath battle between the City and the community is taking place.
Right now this is a crucial part of the film.
The participants are explaining how they were shot with rubber bullets unprovoked.
Lammies’ father is busy explaining how his son’s eye was shot out by the metro police
Sandro Love is telling her story about how the police not only physically but verbally abused residents, while moving into Hangberg to evict people out of “shacks”. They claim they only tore dorn unoccupied structures, however this man is explaining how he was drsgged out of his yard
the city also had no court order
This woman was explaining how angry she is at what happend. She finds the DA and Premier Zille personally responsibe
This is another crucial element to the story. The city started claiming the fire break was the main reason for wanting to evivt people – for their own safety. Ras Benji who works for SAN Parks is explaining how the fire break is arbitrary and can be moved. Its not a fixed path, but can be moved and is moved in another areas and situations.
This woman is recalling being in the house and seeing how the police demolished occupied “Shacks, wooden structures which the community refer to as bungalows
Helen Zille says most of the people clashing with the polic were a small group of drug lords. Video evidenvce shows otherwise
Chief David Isaacs, Khoisan chief and Rasta