Eastern Cape municipality flattens 300 illegal homes
More than 300 people at Masizithathele informal settlement near Mthatha were left homeless after their homes were bulldozed by the King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality. The homes were illegally built on a piece of land earmarked for housing development along the banks of the Corhana River.KSD Municipality spokesman Sonwabo Mampoza the municiplaity acted after they received a court order from the Supreme Court of Appeal confirming previous court verdicts that the residents must be moved from the land they were occupying.A large contingent of SAPS and municipal law enforcement monitored the situation as the structures‚ most of which were two-roomed properties‚ were flattened.There was no violence and residents removed their furniture before the homes were demolished. They have‚ however‚ vowed to rebuild the structures.– RDM News Wire,Daily Dispatch..
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