WATCH: Soldiers clash with Port Elizabeth City Hall in eviction row
A group of South African National Defence Force members unpacked a truckload full of furniture – including couches‚ laundry baskets‚ a fridge and toys – in front of the City Hall in Port Elizabeth on Friday. The group came with four trucks and a bakkie and dumped belongings in front of City Hall following an eviction at the Forest Hill base.According to Nelson Mandela Bay acting city manager Johann Mettler‚ the furniture belongs to “one or two women” who were evicted at the base‚ and were not present at City Hall when their belongings were dumped.When municipal employees used their bakkie to attempt to stop the group from leaving City Hall‚ a fight broke out and the soldiers attempted to bump the bakkie with their truck.Mettler said their actions were illegal and they have applied for an urgent court interdict against SANDF.“What happened here was disgraceful‚ an arm of government broke all kinds of rules‚ without any regard to law and order‚” Mettler said.- TMG Digital/The Herald..
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