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Sep 29, 2020 6 tweets 5 min read Read on X
1. @TriangleOrg and @GenderDynamix put out a joint statement on facebook in solidarity with our occupation. #weseeyou #takeupspace #webelonghere #holdyourground
2 As organisations, we deal with the real consequences of homelessness, formal unemployment and housing insecurity which affects everyone in SA and especially affects people who are queer, trans womxn who are sex workers, and LGBTQI+ people who are from other countries in Africa.
3. We support actions that raise awareness about...income inequality in...one of the world’s most unequal countries... This is...why we have supported movements that..address inequality: @ReclaimCT, @NdifunaUkwazi & (those who) advocate for the rights of sex workers and migrants
4. Many arguments against this occupation are legal arguments...We need to ask the question ' what or perhaps more pointedly who do our so-called progressive laws actually benefit in practice?' #weseeyou #takeupspace #webelonghere #holdyourground
For us the current occupation bring to the fore the limits of legal justice in relation to social justice and social equity. facebook.com/notes/triangle… #weseeyou #webelonghere #takeupspace #holdyourground
6. For LGBTQI+ people in particular, who disproportionately are the victims of violence in already-violent communities and who already face discrimination in the job market; reducing these systemic barriers is about dignity but also survival. #weseeyou #takeupspace #webelonghere

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Sep 30, 2020
1. Press Statement: #WESEEYOU to appear in Court on Friday, 2 October 2020
30 September 2020
We are a group of seven queer activists and artists who have been occupying a mansion in Camps Bay for just under two weeks. #takeupspace #webelonghere #holdyourground
2. We are here in protest of many issues, that are layered, complex & nuanced - as are our identities as queer people, and as those who have historically been divided by race and class. we have connected across struggle because we are in solidarity
3. we believe in justice, dignity, collective healing and our historical right to be allowed safe space in beautiful areas that we have historically been displaced from, areas we still would never be able to live in. #takeupspace #webelonghere #holdyourground
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Sep 22, 2020
Thank you for all the messages of support. The rental company that manages the mansion we are occupying has threatened to involve the police despite the fact that evictions are currently still illegal.
#weseeyou
#takeupspace
#webelonghere
#occupyhome
#holdyourground
We must reject this perception of occupiers that invites violence on people simply in need of homes.
If you connect with our cause and would like to show your solidarity to us and others like us, please mention us in your stories, @ the page, share our posts to ensure that we and other occupiers in this city are kept safe.
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