THE Philippi People's Forum yesterday brought the streets of Gugulethu, Cape Town, to a standstill with a march against corruption in housing delivery.
More than 1000 residents of Philippi's informal settlements chanted "Enough is enough", "Phantsi ngetyotyombe, phezulu ngezindlu", "Houses first, corruption last" as they marched on the Fezeka municipal offices in Gugulethu. Forum chairperson Eric Notana said they wanted the Western Cape government to urgently allocate them land.
"There are no plans for squatter camps in Philippi. That means we will stay in shacks for another 16 years," he told Sowetan.
Notana said the issue of privately owned land standing empty needs to be "resolved rapidly".
"The ANC provincial government had already identified land for the residents of Philippi, but when the current government came in they withdrew everything," he said.
Noncendo Naphakade of the Thabo Mbeki informal settlement said the problem was that the government did not respect people who live in informal settlements.
Khuselwa Tyala demanded that Cape Town mayor Dan Plato come and address their grievances.
City of Cape Town communications officer at the Fezeka municipal offices Chris Khatshwa received the residents' memorandum. Khatshwa promised to give it to Plato.
- Sowetan
More than 1000 residents of Philippi's informal settlements chanted "Enough is enough", "Phantsi ngetyotyombe, phezulu ngezindlu", "Houses first, corruption last" as they marched on the Fezeka municipal offices in Gugulethu. Forum chairperson Eric Notana said they wanted the Western Cape government to urgently allocate them land.
"There are no plans for squatter camps in Philippi. That means we will stay in shacks for another 16 years," he told Sowetan.
Notana said the issue of privately owned land standing empty needs to be "resolved rapidly".
"The ANC provincial government had already identified land for the residents of Philippi, but when the current government came in they withdrew everything," he said.
Noncendo Naphakade of the Thabo Mbeki informal settlement said the problem was that the government did not respect people who live in informal settlements.
Khuselwa Tyala demanded that Cape Town mayor Dan Plato come and address their grievances.
City of Cape Town communications officer at the Fezeka municipal offices Chris Khatshwa received the residents' memorandum. Khatshwa promised to give it to Plato.
- Sowetan
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