Deputy Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council - 1) notes that Western Cape member of the executive committee, MEC Mr Bonginkosi Madikizela, is refusing to meet a group of backyard dwellers in Khayelitsha to resolve a long-standing dispute over the allocation of housing in the area and the allocation of houses in a new housing project;
2) further notes that the Khayelitsha backyard dwellers are insisting that the more than 100 houses be allocated evenly between those from the area living in backyard shacks and families from other townships;
3) takes this opportunity to condemn MEC Madikizela's refusal to meet the backyard dwellers and for labelling them silly; and
4) calls on the MEC to meet the residents to resolve the situation.