The Democratic Alliance (DA) presented the residents of Makhaza Township in Cape Town with two choices: either the council builds one toilet to be shared by five families and the council will enclose them, or the council builds one toilet per family and each family enclose them.
The decision made by the community was one toilet per family, enclosed by themselves.
According to the law, the basic human rights of residents of Makhaza were infringed upon by the erection of these unenclosed toilets. I agree with this, despite the fact that the residents agreed to it. The law is the law.
As we get closer to the elections this judgement has given the African National Congress (ANC) much impetus. Opposition parties are referring to trivial matters such as: police brutality, failure to deliver basic services, a crippled health-care system, one of the worst education systems on the continent, rife corruption, and rampant crime (to name one or two). The ANC has chosen to focus on the Makhaza issue and almost every single ANC election rally over the last week has used this judgement to 'prove' that the DA are racist and do not care about black people.
If one looks at it objectively, it seems as if all the ANC have are unenclosed toilets.
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