Two national ministers have been added as respondents in the legal challenge over Cape Town's toilet saga, it emerged in the High Court in the city on Tuesday.
Members of the ANC Youth League have asked the court to order that concrete toilets be erected where there were once open-air toilets at Makhaza in Khayelitsha.
Counsel for the City of Cape Town, Anton Katz, told the court on Tuesday that Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale and Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica had agreed that they be added as respondents. Judge Lee Bozalek confirmed this in an order.
Other respondents are the city, the Western Cape provincial government, and the SA Human Rights Commission.
The application is set to be argued on November 24, but Katz said the additions might require a readjustment of the timetable.
The toilets were erected by the city on the understanding that local residents would enclose them. As a furore, driven by the youth league, developed over the issue, the city enclosed them with corrugated iron.
Members of the league broke down the enclosures, and city workers then removed the toilets altogether.
The city and province have said they will rebuild the toilets and enclosures if the league gives an assurance the enclosures will not be broken down again. - Sapa