Human Settlements
Question by:
Hon Matlhodi Maseko
Answered by:
Hon Bonginkosi Madikizela
Question Number:
10
Question Body:
- Whether there are pre-emptive measures in place to prevent land invasions in the light of “expropriation of land without compensation”; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Answer Body:
10. My department has established the following pre-emptive measures to
mitigate and prevent land invasions:
- Vacant properties as well as those which have been identified as potential properties for land invasions are monitored daily and afterhours by my department’s inspectorate;
- The City of Cape Town’s Anti-Land Invasion Unit was contracted to assist my department in the prevention of possible land invasions; and
- A court order was recently obtained to interdict possible land invaders in a number of areas within the Metro e.g. Weltevreden Valley, Philippi, Crossroads and Mitchells Plain in respect of my department’s land.
- To assist municipalities predominantly outside the metro, my department has contracted the Red Ants to avert critical land invasions.
Date:
Friday, March 23, 2018
