City condemns actions of rogue group

THE City has condemned the actions of a rogue group of Imizamo Yethu (IY) residents, who have been terrorising contractors and staff working on the IY Housing Phase 3 Project and the renovation of the Hout Bay Sports Complex.

According to the area’s councillor, Hout Bay residents might end up paying for the actions of the group, who had threatened to bring the projects to a halt if they were not hired to work on them.

While operations at both projects resumed yesterday, the City said it was monitoring the situation.

Hout Bay councillor Roberto Quintas said the members of the group, about 20 youths, had been identified, and following their reign of terror at the two sites last week, police were taking action.

Quintas said: “A group of approximately 20 IY residents have been threatening, and attempting to intimidate, our contractors and workers who are focused on the IY Housing Phase 3 Project as well as the current improvement project at the Hout Bay Sports Complex.

“These are the same projects that have experienced very odious delays in terms of fires, protection action, vandalism, additional scopes of work and Covid-19 over the past years. Now, these very few residents are threatening to set them back yet again.

“… one of our contractors has since opened up a case of intimidation against them at the local SAPS and I will be providing the case number to the Special Investigating Unit.”