The Western Cape Housing Department has denied claims by shack-dwellers near Fish Hoek that it is forcing them to move to an area which is prone to flooding.
More than 150 residents from Masiphumelele informal settlement are refusing to move from the land which is earmarked for 350 housing apartments.
They say before they move from the area, authorities must provide them with a permanent piece of land with basic services.
Last week, they rejected a proposal by the department to move them to another site, claiming it was prone to flooding.
The department’s Zalisile Mbali says the claims do not have any substance.
“It is not true because the land we are relocating people to is actually earmarked for construction and it used to be the school and so it is impossible that we could be relocating people to a flooding area.”
Mbali says the department does not understand why the people are unhappy because the City of Cape Town and the residents have held fruitful meetings in the past.
- Eyewitness News
More than 150 residents from Masiphumelele informal settlement are refusing to move from the land which is earmarked for 350 housing apartments.
They say before they move from the area, authorities must provide them with a permanent piece of land with basic services.
Last week, they rejected a proposal by the department to move them to another site, claiming it was prone to flooding.
The department’s Zalisile Mbali says the claims do not have any substance.
“It is not true because the land we are relocating people to is actually earmarked for construction and it used to be the school and so it is impossible that we could be relocating people to a flooding area.”
Mbali says the department does not understand why the people are unhappy because the City of Cape Town and the residents have held fruitful meetings in the past.
- Eyewitness News
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