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Western Cape Land Protests |
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By: Hawk Date: June 22, 2018, 8:51 am |
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SOURCE: EWN |
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http://ewn.co.za/2018/06/15/575-000-families-waiting-on-housing-in-western-cape |
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575,000 families waiting on housing in Western Cape |
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Since March, there have been 87 protests over land and housing |
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in various areas including Gansbaai, Hermanus, Botrivier, |
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Riebeek Kasteel and in parts of Cape Town. |
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CAPE TOWN - The Western Cape Human Settlements Department says |
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it can't prioritise land invaders over those who have been on |
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the province's housing waiting list for years. |
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Since March, there have been 87 protests over land and housing |
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in various areas including Gansbaai, Hermanus, Botrivier, |
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Riebeek Kasteel and in parts of Cape Town. |
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WATCH: Mapping housing protests in the Cape |
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https://youtu.be/gzV39EY1RvQ |
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The Human Settlements MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela has this week |
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met with 25 municipalities in a bid to address widespread land |
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invasions. |
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The department says there are 575,000 families on the Western |
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Cape housing demand database. |
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Madikizela is concerned that municipalities are not always |
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allocating housing in line with the database. |
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�Where people have genuine concerns, we must make sure they�re |
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addressed in line with the housing database, we must apply the |
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concept of first come first serve so that we don�t incentivise |
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lawlessness.� |
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The MEC says he fears the influx of people into the province |
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means the waiting list will continue to grow. |
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�The biggest problem we have in our province is the rate of the |
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population growth due to migration. That�s why we always update |
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our system to look at the demand that�s there.� |
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He says the province can only provide about 18,000 new houses |
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per year but is implementing strategies to speed up the process. |
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(Edited by Shimoney Regter) |
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