The City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements, Councillor Malusi Booi, conducted a site visit at the City’s Gugulethu Infill housing project to check on its progress. The project has been impacted by continued illegal actions and community dynamics in recent years. However, construction work at the project continues and is progressing well.
The City is currently developing the Gugulethu Infill housing project, which stretches over two sites, Erf 8448 in Gugulethu and Mau Mau in Nyanga.
It is in the process of finalising the beneficiary lists for both Breaking New Ground developments. Beneficiaries of the Erf 8448 housing project site who have submitted subsidy applications are invited to view whether their names are on the approved list of beneficiaries. The list of approved names will be displayed at the Gugulethu Civic Hall (NY50, Gugulethu) and the Khwezi Sports and Recreation Centre (NY2, Gugulethu) from 1 October 2020 to 15 October 2020 between 09:00 and 15:00, on Thursdays only. The Mau Mau project site beneficiary list will also be published as soon as possible.
‘I am pleased to see both the construction under way and our beneficiaries that have already received their units living peacefully in their new homes. This project is one of many across the metro which faced unlawful land occupation attempts in recent weeks.
‘The City does not condone the disruption which has been employed here. We are hopeful of positive cooperation going forward. Illegal land and housing actions cause delays and jeopardises the future of all. The rightful beneficiaries of our projects are those who are most impacted.
‘The City is mindful of the acute need for housing opportunities across the metro. We are making every effort to address this matter and to provide services within a planned and fair manner wherever possible within the constraints that are being experienced. The City will continue to protect land, its projects and housing units from attempted unlawful occupation because illegal occupation affects us all.
‘Unlawful land occupations hold a severely negative impact for Cape Town and all of its people. The impact of uncontrolled human occupation often on unsuitable land which is prone to flooding, as we can again see across the metro resulting from recent storm-related flooding causes great misery. It also impacts on the City’s limited budget and projects in the Integrated Development Plan that cannot proceed due to resources that are constantly being diverted to the provision of basic service in areas that were never intended for residential use. This is simply not sustainable,’ said Councillor Booi.
View Councillor Booi’s visit to the Gugulethu Infill housing project site.
View the City’s Allocation Policy.
View and comment on the draft Human Settlements Strategy
Please visit www.capetown.gov.za/haveyoursay. In addition, the executive summary of the strategy is available in three official languages at subcouncil offices during the public participation period which closes on 30 November 2020.
Unlawful occupation: Anonymous tip-offs welcomed:
Residents can give anonymous tip offs if they are aware of illegal activity that is taking place; that has happened or is still to happen. Please call 112 from a cell phone (toll free) and 107 from a landline or 021 480 7700 for emergencies.