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       Western Cape Land Protests
       By: Hawk Date: June 22, 2018, 8:51 am
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       SOURCE: EWN
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       575,000 families waiting on housing in Western Cape
       Since March, there have been 87 protests over land and housing
       in various areas including Gansbaai, Hermanus, Botrivier,
       Riebeek Kasteel and in parts of Cape Town.
       CAPE TOWN - The Western Cape Human Settlements Department says
       it can't prioritise land invaders over those who have been on
       the province's housing waiting list for years.
       Since March, there have been 87 protests over land and housing
       in various areas including Gansbaai, Hermanus, Botrivier,
       Riebeek Kasteel and in parts of Cape Town.
       WATCH: Mapping housing protests in the Cape
  HTML https://youtu.be/gzV39EY1RvQ
       The Human Settlements MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela has this week
       met with 25 municipalities in a bid to address widespread land
       invasions.
       The department says there are 575,000 families on the Western
       Cape housing demand database.
       Madikizela is concerned that municipalities are not always
       allocating housing in line with the database.
       “Where people have genuine concerns, we must make sure they’re
       addressed in line with the housing database, we must apply the
       concept of first come first serve so that we don’t incentivise
       lawlessness.”
       The MEC says he fears the influx of people into the province
       means the waiting list will continue to grow.
       “The biggest problem we have in our province is the rate of the
       population growth due to migration. That’s why we always update
       our system to look at the demand that’s there.”
       He says the province can only provide about 18,000 new houses
       per year but is implementing strategies to speed up the process.
       (Edited by Shimoney Regter)
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