Mamahule Park residents demand services after 15 years
Mamahule Park residents are demanding bulk basic services after 15 years without running water or electricity, citing crime and land disputes.
POLOKWANE – After 15 years of having bought what they say are pricey land stands for residential occupation, homeowners in Mamahule Park near Mall of the North have demanded that Limpopo provincial government entities step up and provide bulk basic services.
The matter is not new, as they have staged similar demonstrations in the past, notably in 2021, demanding the provision of running water and electricity.
Currently, residents rely on solar panels and drilled water, while roads are not cared for by the municipality but maintained through the volunteer work of residents.
Demonstrations on Wednesday
On Wednesday, the residents are again staging a demonstration, delivering memorandums of demand to the Land Reform department, the Office of the Premier and the Department of Human Settlements in request for these services.
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Mamahule Park residents demand bulk basic services after 15 years without running water or electricity, citing crime and land disputes. pic.twitter.com/BQFzrLB94K
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Crime and land disputes
The community representative, Edward Luphondo, told Review Online that this lack of services has resulted in their area being susceptible to high criminal elements, with an influx of foreign nationals and rape and theft cases being close to sporadic.
The area has also suffered land issues stemming from a complex dispute involving alleged illegal land syndicates that sold unauthorised plots to buyers who built luxury homes on undemarcated agricultural land.
Legal battles over land claim
This has triggered fierce legal battles between private title deed holders, the Polokwane Municipality, and the Mamahule Communal Property Association over a pending 1996 land restitution claim.
Because the Constitutional Court ruled the current occupation unlawful, the local municipality is legally barred from providing basic services like electricity and water, leaving the area without formal infrastructure and prone to frequent service delivery protests.
More in next week’s Bonus edition.
