Land issues a cause for concern
They are against the municipalities for failing in their planning .
MBOMBELA – It is not something great that people end up being forced to occupy
land illegally because this results from the lack of planning by the
municipalities concerned in particular areas
COPE in Mpumalanga’s provincial
secretary, Mr Sizile Ndlovu said: “We are against the fact that municipalities
are failing in their planning as this is exactly why we ended up having places
such as Zola, Msholozi and other informal settlements, including Buyisonto where
people recently had their houses demolished without any alternative
accommodation.
“We really do not want to see what happened at Lenasia taking
place in Mpumalanga because it is just unacceptable that due to municipalities’
failures to plan properly, people end up being forced to occupy the land
illegally.
“It is very wrong for people to occupy land illegally but in the
same breath it is very wrong for municipalities to force the people to occupy
lad by failing to conduct proper planning,” said Ndlovu.
