IN last week’s edition of PE Express an article was published on elderly residents complaining about eviction orders from the Lake Farm Centre Aid Association.
The residents of the property made allegations against Raoul Toto van der Merwe, chairman of the Executive Committee of Lake Farm Centre Aid Association. Van Der Merwe was given the opportunity by PE Express to respond to questions sent to him via email before publication of the report.
After publication of the report Van Der Merwe indicated that he believes that he was not given the full opportunity to respond to the allegations, and has indicated pending legal action.
He was given an opportunity to reply, but had not done so at the time of going to print. Pieter Labuschagne, vice-chairman of the Lake Farm Centre Aid Association, has written a letter to reply to the allegations.
One of the claimant’s children has also responded to Labuschagne’s letter.
PE Express would like to give all parties a fair chance to exercise their right to respond.
Due to time and space constraints both replies will be made available on our website: www.news24.com/news24/community-newspaper/pe-express
