Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said that she recognised the suffering that residents have had to endure over the years with multiple disastrous fires hitting the area, saying that government could no longer look the other way.
Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu assessed the situation and talked to some of the thousands of people who lost everything in last week's fire.
Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said that it was now possible for government, through the Social Housing and Regulatory Authority, to build units for qualifying beneficiaries while redressing spatial apartheid in central Cape Town.
Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said that law enforcement officials should act against those who illegally occupied private property and remove them so that invasions did not spread to other municipalities.
On Tuesday, Minister Lindiwe Sisulu met with Mayor Dan Plato to work out how to synchronise their response to backyard dwellers and the land destitute.
Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu met with community leaders representing disgruntled residents in various Cape Town communities who have participated in protests over land.
Over the past few days, violent protests have erupted in various communities including Khayelitsha, Kraaifontein and Mfuleni, most of them are over land invasions and evictions.
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has now promised that her department is prepared to account for every cent it spends on water provision during the lockdown.
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said that all provinces were prohibited from evicting people, according to national coronavirus command council guidelines.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize will address a hybrid plenary sitting on Wednesday to give a report on the progress made by government in response to the pandemic.
Seventy-two families will now be moved from tents to two-roomed wooden structures.
The Western Cape High Court order allows 49 structures to be re-erected after they were demolished on the orders of the City of Cape Town.
The demolitions have sparked outrage, with many questioning the timing of the evictions, which increase the threat of spreading the coronavirus.
Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has been meeting with a number of concerned groups to identify communities in need of adequate shelter during the lockdown.
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said that five areas had now been identified to relocate people from high-density informal settlements in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisiulu announced last week that certain areas that were simply not conducive to social distancing would have to be thinned out.
Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has tabled her department’s R16 billion budget vote on Tuesday where she promised to clean up the department which had run out of money last year.
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said that her department would want first dibs on expropriated land once the legislation comes into effect.
