Angry Delft residents refuse to relocate

The Delft residents were recently evicted from unfinished N2 Gateway houses

An angry crowd of people living in tents at Silversands in Delft on the Cape Flats have forced the member of the mayoral committee for housing in the City of Cape Town, Dan Plato, to leave the area. Plato earlier struggled to convince the people why the City cannot relocate them to temporary structures.

The group is part of the families that were recently evicted from unfinished N2 Gateway houses.

Meanwhile, the disciplinary hearing against a Democratic Alliance (DA) councillor in the City of Cape Town, Frank Martin, has been postponed to a date yet to be determined in June. Martin is facing charges of contravening the councillors' code of conduct.

He is accused of leading more than a thousand people to illegally occupy incomplete houses at the N2 Gateway Project in Delft. Martin allegedly issued notifications to the backyard dwellers bearing the City's letterhead.

Martin will also face a criminal trial later this month on charges relating to this incident.

- SABC