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The Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) is being grilled for \u201cillegally evicting\u201d illegal settlers on their land over the weekend in Wynberg after a petition called for urgent action following increasing waves of crime, gangsterism, drugs and victimisation of local residents and the community at large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prasa\u2019s spokesperson Andiswa Makanda on Tuesday 27 February stated that the ongoing chaos in Wynberg reached boiling point on Friday 23 February when \u201ca violent incident occurred at \u2018The Hill\u2019, prompting the deployment of Prasa Protection Services personnel to intervene and restore order to the area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reports surfacing from Wynberg suggest four people were shot on Thursday 22 February and another person was stabbed on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This prompted Prasa to exercise what some of their officials has called \u201ca clean-up operation\u201d in response to pleas from the wider community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The occupied land is situated near the Yusufeyyah Mosque and a taxi rank managed by the City of Cape Town. This area has been a focal point of collaborative efforts with the City, according to Prasa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, this elicited sharp critique from the Ward 63 councillor Carmen Siebritz, who told People\u2019s Post<\/em> those evicted were illegally settled on Prasa land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPrasa did not secure alternative accommodation for the illegal occupants,\u201d she said, \u201cand therefore they are now settling all over Wynberg in and around residents\u2019 homes. Some have gone to resettle on other parts of Prasa land also illegally occupied by others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n