QQ Section
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QQ Section also known as Tambo Park, was founded in 1989 and is an Informal Settlement in the Site B sub-division of Khayelitsha
in South Africa
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QQ section is located on Eskom-owned land beneath power lines and next to the formal settlements of Q Section and the informal settlements of BM Section, RR Section and France.
which as an office in the settlement
QQ Section has been on the forefront of various protest actions led by QQ Section Concerned Residents and Abahlali baseMjondolo of the Western Cape. These protests have been in response to the refusal of government to provide the community with services, the slow pace of relocation of residents and the lack of engagement from government. Protests by the community have included marches to the Mayor and Premier, civil disobedience and road blockades.
Khayelitsha
Khayelitsha is a partially informal township in Western Cape, South Africa, located on the Cape Flats in the City of Cape Town. The name is Xhosa for New Home...
in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
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Structure and location
There are about 650 families living in QQ Section which is occupied mostly by migrants from the Eastern Cape and backyard-dwellers from the old overcrowding sections Khayelitsha.QQ section is located on Eskom-owned land beneath power lines and next to the formal settlements of Q Section and the informal settlements of BM Section, RR Section and France.
Conditions
The settlement is well-known us one of the most under-served and neglected communities in Cape Town. It has no services except for eight water taps. The City has refused to build toilets in the settlement and residents have to either pay homeowners in Q Section to use their facilities or cross the N2 freeway and use an open field. Despite living under electricity pylons, government refuses to install formal electricity in the community. Residents instead have to resort to illegal electricity connections. As a result, there have been huge shack-fires in the community. There are also severe floods in the settlement every winter.Protests
QQ Section is collectively affiliated with the movement Abahlali baseMjondoloAbahlali baseMjondolo
Abahlali baseMjondolo , also known as AbM or the red shirts is a shack-dwellers' movement in South Africa which is well known for its campaigning for public housing. The movement grew out of a road blockade organized from the Kennedy Road shack settlement in the city of Durban in early 2005 and now...
which as an office in the settlement
QQ Section has been on the forefront of various protest actions led by QQ Section Concerned Residents and Abahlali baseMjondolo of the Western Cape. These protests have been in response to the refusal of government to provide the community with services, the slow pace of relocation of residents and the lack of engagement from government. Protests by the community have included marches to the Mayor and Premier, civil disobedience and road blockades.
See also
- Mandela Park
- Mzonke PoniMzonke PoniMzonke Poni is the chairperson of Abahlali baseMjondolo of the Western Cape. He was previously a leader of the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign...
- Abahlali baseMjondoloAbahlali baseMjondoloAbahlali baseMjondolo , also known as AbM or the red shirts is a shack-dwellers' movement in South Africa which is well known for its campaigning for public housing. The movement grew out of a road blockade organized from the Kennedy Road shack settlement in the city of Durban in early 2005 and now...
- Anti Eviction Campaign
- KhayelitshaKhayelitshaKhayelitsha is a partially informal township in Western Cape, South Africa, located on the Cape Flats in the City of Cape Town. The name is Xhosa for New Home...