Western Cape premier Helen Zille is expected to brief media in Cape Town on the Lwandle inquiry, among other matters, later on Tuesday. The inquiry, into the removal of 849 families from Sanral-owned land on June 2 and 3, began on Monday. Set up by Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu[…]
Talks aimed at finding a solution to the eviction of hundreds of families from an informal settlement in Lwandle, Cape Town, were “not a smooth-sailing exercise”, a government official said on Monday. “It was a very difficult exercise. There was a lot of mistrust between ourselves and community members,” a[…]
Photo: Andriques Che Petersen The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) have been coaxed into an arrangement by Transport Minister Dipuo Peters and Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu to allow recently evicted residents of Lwandle in Strand’s Nomzamo informal settlement to continue staying there for a short period of[…]
Photo: Andriques Che Petersen “I was standing here yesterday, watching this happen. I didn’t understand what it was because it was so strange. Some of my friends lived there, but now after the shacks were broken down I haven’t seen them.” So said Akhona* who stood with me observing the[…]
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