A GROUP of residents from Knysna’s Hlalani informal settlement marched along the N2 into town on Friday to once more highlight their need for housing and electricity.
Marching under the banner of the SA Communist Party and accompanied by a strong police presence, the protesters sang and chanted until they reached the town centre, where they sat down to highlight their protest.
Residents have held repeated meetings with various municipal officials and have handed a petition to Mayor Eleanore Bouw-Spies.
Some have built their shacks on an old landfill site.
Earlier, Knysna development and planning director Lauren Waring said although there were 356 households in Hlalani, there was only space to accommodate 111 households in a formal housing plan. So 245 households would have to be accommodated elsewhere.
Money for housing projects is allocated by the Western Cape government and the town needs to develop areas in Khayalethu, Flenters, Rhobololo, Concordia and Hornlee with the R31-million it has received for the year.
A basic planning and cost exercise for Hlalani has shown that more than R16- million will be needed to develop the area.
- The Weekend Post
Marching under the banner of the SA Communist Party and accompanied by a strong police presence, the protesters sang and chanted until they reached the town centre, where they sat down to highlight their protest.
Residents have held repeated meetings with various municipal officials and have handed a petition to Mayor Eleanore Bouw-Spies.
Some have built their shacks on an old landfill site.
Earlier, Knysna development and planning director Lauren Waring said although there were 356 households in Hlalani, there was only space to accommodate 111 households in a formal housing plan. So 245 households would have to be accommodated elsewhere.
Money for housing projects is allocated by the Western Cape government and the town needs to develop areas in Khayalethu, Flenters, Rhobololo, Concordia and Hornlee with the R31-million it has received for the year.
A basic planning and cost exercise for Hlalani has shown that more than R16- million will be needed to develop the area.
- The Weekend Post
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