{"id":43732,"date":"2025-02-26T14:47:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/kensington-teen-undergoes-eye-surgery-after-alleged-clash-with-law-enforcement-over-illegal-structures-20250220\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T23:54:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:54:36","slug":"kensington-teen-undergoes-eye-surgery-after-alleged-clash-with-law-enforcement-over-illegal-structures-20250220","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/kensington-teen-undergoes-eye-surgery-after-alleged-clash-with-law-enforcement-over-illegal-structures-20250220\/","title":{"rendered":"Kensington teen undergoes eye surgery after alleged clash with law enforcement over illegal structures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A 16-year-old boy lost his eye after an<br><br>alleged altercation with law enforcement during an operation at the 18th Avenue<br><br>informal settlement.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The clash<br><br>occurred while officials were removing illegal structures, resulting in<br><br>injuries to bystanders.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Law<br><br>enforcement defended their actions, stating they faced resistance from<br><br>residents who fired live rounds and threw objects, with an investigation<br><br>underway.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A 16-year-old Kensington boy had to undergo an emergency<br>\neye operation following an alleged violent clash with law enforcement officers.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident happened on Friday 14 February at the<br>\n18th&nbsp;Avenue informal settlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is alleged that the City\u2019s law enforcement officers<br>\nand their Metro Police counterparts fired rubber bullets to disperse residents<br>\nwho were reportedly building illegal structures in the area. The boy allegedly<br>\nsustained injuries to his eye in the scuffle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The teen\u2019s grandmother said her grandson underwent an<br>\noperation at Groote Schuur Hospital on Wednesday 19 February. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey had to remove his eye. I am angry and I have<br>\nnothing to say. He is like any young boy, but he was not troublesome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheslyn Steenberg, Ward 56 councillor, condemned the<br>\nincident: \u201cInformation to my disposal says that the reasons for the protest are<br>\nthat the City of Cape Town Anti Land Invasion and law enforcement entered the<br>\nsettlement firing at residents indiscriminately to break down what the City<br>\ntermed as \u2018illegal structures\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the Factreton Community Centre and parts of the<br>\nroad on 18th&nbsp;Avenue were damaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo form of dialogue was going to be entertained from the<br>\nlaw enforcement side, they came in prepared for a fight based on the number of<br>\nvehicles and manpower. Several innocent bystanders were injured,\u201d claimed<br>\nSteenberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resident Illona Crouch emphasised that no new structures<br>\nwere erected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"Middle\" id=\"embed_6d7621b3\">\n<div class=\"text\">Some people were rebuilding their structures. I tried to explain that it wasn\u2019t new structures. They didn\u2019t even speak to the leadership to ask what was happening. They just came and broke down structures.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wayne Dyason, spokesperson for the City\u2019s law enforcement<br>\ndepartment, said the officers assisted as \u201cunoccupied illegal structures\u201d were<br>\nremoved by the Anti-Land Invasion Unit in terms of their court order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUpon arrival, angry community members started to fire at<br>\nofficers with live rounds, throw stones, bottles, unknown objects and set tyres<br>\nalight on the roadway to prevent the officials from executing their duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOfficers discharged rubber rounds to ward off the attack<br>\nand to protect themselves. 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