Africa-Press – Lesotho. Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. Maseru City Council communications officer Ms Lintle Moerane in an interview with Voice of the Nation explained that the purpose of the court was not to evict protesters from the area but to take them to the right place designated by the court and bring their clients closer.
easy vision. “In that area they will do a ‘set up and dismantle’ in order to overcome the crime that seems to be happening in the area especially after working hours,” Moerane explained.
He pointed out that the court had taken several steps to contact the protesters by writing to them and engaging in negotiations for a period of three years so that they would not set up their shacks too close to the road as it would cause a nuisance. It was then that the civil rights movement and the Khathang Tema Baitokoli movement intervened.
He pointed out that at the meeting the MCC explained to the parties that it was not evicting the protesters but that the request was for them to be aware of the back road as its condition was that it should be at least two meters in length, but they did not seem to be able to comply.
that law. “Both parties asked us to pause and not take them away and talk to them and give them such an opportunity. The only reason we decided to go to the shacks was because we had been visiting them this week and talking to them.
Moreover we and the two-month period were all writing to them and giving them a seven-day preparation period to move out of the area and they continued with their work, obviously they did not accept our advice, ”Moerane said.
In the case of property damage, Moerane indicated this and other concerns as they gave the occupants a chance to clear their belongings while others watched and then removed it.
“This step taken by the council will facilitate the activists as there will be someone to shepherd the area and know the problems they are facing in this area. So it will be easier for us to intervene when there are conflicts, ”he explains.
‘Mathabo Gold in an exclusive interview with the Voice of the People newspaper has indicated they have taken the initiative to meet with the town council but do not want to sit down with them.
“We have spoken to the civil rights movement to intervene but the city council does not want to talk to us and when they get here we tell them our concerns that we will not go to that area because our clients are people passing by and walking away, we ask that we at least cross the road if we are told to close the road, and then we end up crossing with its permission and then later some town officials come and explain that we are six in the area by mistake and we immediately left the area and we are a worm because it is a cost, ”Gold said.
He went on to point out that what they are asking for is only an interview with the town council to show them what their desire is for them to work with it and for them to present their side as the negotiations have been in the middle of the council. only town and organizations apart from them.
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