NEIL MYBURGH
There were actually a number of occasions where Crossroads was accused of being a health hazard to Cape Town, it went to court as well.
 The fact is that people were not questioning those things at that time.  Most of the residents of Cape Town thought Crossroads was out of sight and out of mind, it didn't concern them and so when the medical officer of health said that squatter camp is a risk to your health, they simply accepted that that was true and if you could bulldoze it and get rid of it, that was a good solution.
 Clearly that was no solution for the people of Crossroads and I think that factor probably contributed to the overall conflict that developed there.
 Certainly Crossroads became an icon of resistance that was probably more prominent than any other place in this country, over these events.
 So any method to get rid of it was considered acceptable and we've now heard some of the really nasty procedures that were used.  It was one of the most rapid slump clearance operations which the country has ever seen.