Early this morning I received a phone-call from an exited resident telling me that she received a letter from the South African Human Rights Commission inviting her to a meeting to mediate the matter between the Association and the complainants (objectors). Lo and behold, later this afternoon, I also received such a letter.
It has taken almost two years, but the Human Rights Commission has seen enough merit in our complaints to call for mediation
According to the SAHRC, they believe “that it would be beneficial to schedule a mediation session, at our offices, between the Marina Da Gama residents who have lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission and the Marina Da Gama Association. Here your grievances can be discussed and the SAHRC can act as a mediator.”
Unfortunately, the SAHRC can only accommodate those who have lodged a complaint with them.
Maybe now we will finally be able to settle this matter.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackThis is excellent news! I will never forget the meeting in November 2006 when the Chairman of the Association stood up and sarcastically asked whether Adv. Ashraf Mahomed was present as apparently he had been invited to the meeting. The arrogance and disrespect was tangible. It was as if he was saying that the HRC has no jurisdiction over them and the objectors are a bunch of idiots for having involved them.
Let’s hope that this finally serves to enlighten the Executive Committee to the fact that property owners in the Marina da Gama township signed in acceptance of the restriction on their title deeds IN GOOD FAITH and that nobody is entitled to further encumber these properties beyond that which was envisaged at the time the restriction was imposed. I look forward to receiving my invitation from the SAHRC and hope that more residents will consider lodging an objection with a view to participating in what promises to be a constructive and ground breaking milestone in the history of the MDGA and the Marina community.
thats it, dude
Excellent!!
And about time someone listened to us
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