About 70 people have been displaced after a fire broke out in the SST informal settlement in Khayelitsha in the early hours of this morning.
Fire services authorities say at least 21 informal dwellings have been destroyed. They say there have been no injuries or deaths reported. The cause of the blaze has not yet been established.
Meanwhile, the City of Cape Town has distanced itself from letters that have been issued to residents of Delft - authorising them to occupy vacant houses in the area. The letters were given out to the residents by Democratic Alliance ward councillor, Frank Martin, at a public meeting in the Delft Civic Hall last night. On Monday, Martin led a group of irate residents from Belhar and Delft to the site of phase two of the N2 Gateway Housing Project and allegedly told them to illegally occupy the houses.
The City's member of the Mayoral Committee for Housing Dan Plato says they regard those letters as unauthorised ....as a result there is no guarantee from the side of the city of Cape Town that any person who received such a letter that that person will be a beneficiary or even is a beneficiary - so the city council has distanced itself from the letters that were given out by the councillor.
Attempts to get comment from Martin have proved fruitless. Plato says the council is investigating the conduct of DA councillor Martin. He says necessary action will be taken against Martin if he is found to have contravened the council's code of conduct. - SABC
Fire services authorities say at least 21 informal dwellings have been destroyed. They say there have been no injuries or deaths reported. The cause of the blaze has not yet been established.
Meanwhile, the City of Cape Town has distanced itself from letters that have been issued to residents of Delft - authorising them to occupy vacant houses in the area. The letters were given out to the residents by Democratic Alliance ward councillor, Frank Martin, at a public meeting in the Delft Civic Hall last night. On Monday, Martin led a group of irate residents from Belhar and Delft to the site of phase two of the N2 Gateway Housing Project and allegedly told them to illegally occupy the houses.
The City's member of the Mayoral Committee for Housing Dan Plato says they regard those letters as unauthorised ....as a result there is no guarantee from the side of the city of Cape Town that any person who received such a letter that that person will be a beneficiary or even is a beneficiary - so the city council has distanced itself from the letters that were given out by the councillor.
Attempts to get comment from Martin have proved fruitless. Plato says the council is investigating the conduct of DA councillor Martin. He says necessary action will be taken against Martin if he is found to have contravened the council's code of conduct. - SABC
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