Fourteen years after the adoption of the Alexandra Renewal Project, residents of the country's oldest township are left with more questions than answers. Yesterday, at a summit to address development issues in Alexandra, groups representing residentstook government officials to task over the state's failure to develop the township.They told Gauteng human settlements MEC Jacob Mamabolo and City of Joburg's member of the mayoral committee for housing, Dan Bovu, that instead of improving , things had become worse.The renewal project was meant to address infrastructure and housing issues that had left the township in a mess.Plagued by unemployment, crime and the rise in informal settlements, Alexandra - which was once home to former president Nelson Mandela - had little to show for the project since it was adopted, residents told the officials.Another stumbling block was a land claim by property owners. In 2005, when the government was trying to implement housing developments, the property owners secured an interdict that halted building on land in dispute.The situation could get worse if the government did not intervene, said Moshe More, a member of the Greater Alexandra Development Forum."If we do not change the face of Alexandra, I can tell you now, terror groups will come from there."Mamabolo admitted that the government was aware that things had gone wrong."We are not denying that some things did not go well. There are many things that have gone wrong. For example, there are people who were told they were being moved and would be later be given houses. Those people are still in transit. We ask: What are the lessons of the past 14 years and how do we move forward?"Mamabolo said the summit, which ends today, would adopt a new development plan that would include all residents of Alexandra.The responsibility of making things work has been placed with the Johannesburg Development Agency."The city is identifying some of the projects that were not completed, over and above the housing projects. We are obtaining funding so we can complete them. One example is the Alexandra Heritage Centre that has been standing for some time. By October, that project will have been completed," said JDA CEO Thanduxolo Mendrew...