West informal settlement residents to move
The lack of basic services has led to protest actions in the past.
Residents of an informal settlement in the west of Pretoria are to be moved.
“Informal settlers from Gomorrah will be moved to where they will have access to water and electricity,” said local ward councillor Frik van Wyk.
“For years, residents of Gomorrah have been living without water and electricity. It is time that they also have access to these services. ”
The lack of basic services has led to protest actions in the past.
Van Wyk said the plan was to set up the about 4 000 residents on two other areas on the same field they were living on.
“This is the only place available and it was determined by a study done by the Tshwane metro.”
He said no date was yet available when the move would be completed.
Van Wyk said structures for the squatters that will be erected at the new stands were only temporary.
“There will be orderly housing built for them,” he said.
“When the houses are being built, the shacks will simply move to the side on the same stand until the house is completely built.”
Van Wyk said: “These plots will be located approximately 30m from the nearest house in the already established residential area, bordered by the field.”
He said, however, that the move would not mean the end of Gomorrah, as some residents will remain.
The Tshwane metro was not available for comment at the time of going to print.
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