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THE LUNGELO LETHU HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION AND THE R60 BILLION CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST SA BANKS FOR UNLAWFUL REPOSSESSION OF HOMES.
Speaker: King Sibiya, Founder of the Lungelo Lethu Human Rights Foundation
Date: Tuesday 27 February 2018
Time: 12:30-14:00
Venue: CCS Seminar Room A726, Level 7, Shepstone, Howard College, UKZN
TOPIC:
More than 225 applicants have launched a landmark class action suit in the Constitutional Court, claiming damages of R60bn from the major South African banks for unlawful repossession of homes, since the Constitution came into effect in 1994.
The LLHRF has been defending the rights of South Africa’s poorest communities against an epidemic of evictions by the banks for several years. Sibiya, who is the founder of the Lungelo Lethu Human Rights Foundation will speak on the history and context of the landmark suit additionally the progress and the legal obstacles faced while seeking justice for ordinary people from the banks and the legal system in South Africa will be discussed.
SPEAKER BIO:
King Sibiya began working as a human rights activist and advocate, opposing evictions in the townships, in the eighties. He fought for tenants’ rights in the apartheid years. He was one of the architects of the Mngomezulu versus City Council of Soweto case in 1986 that prevented tenants from being evicted from their homes for non-payment of rent. The case gave black residents greater security of tenure in their homes. While whites enjoyed freehold title over land under apartheid, blacks were regarded as transients who had to make do with leasehold rights. He continues to travel across the country, advocating and educating people on the laws affecting property and housing rights to date.
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