Tshwane accused of targeting Afrikaners

The Kleinfontein informal settlement has accused the City of Tshwane of wanting to get rid of the Afrikaner community after the city lodged an urgent application in the High Court in Pretoria.

- Marizka Coetzer

This move was to order Kleinfontein, east of Pretoria, to stop any form of construction, developing, advertising, allocating or selling of shares or stands at the informal settlement, and to supplement its application in terms of older legislation pending since 2013.

Republican Conference of Tshwane councillor Lex Middelberg said it wasn't true the city wanted to get rid of Afrikaners.

"They've got it twisted," he said.

Political analyst Piet Croucamp said while Kleinfontein was a society that does not share the values of South Africa and its constitution, the question remains: was it legal or illegal in terms of the constitution?