Organisation condemns Western Cape’s public participation process on proposed housing law [SOUND]

# The Voices Against Evictions Campaign has condemned the Western Cape Department of Human Settlements’ public participation process on the proposed housing legislation as a complete disgrace. Spokesperson Keith Duarte says the decision to hold only one public hearing in Langa for all of Cape Town’s 5.15-million residents, does not come close to meeting the legal or constitutional standards for genuine public participation: