ewn.co.za The Khayelitsha community went to court last week after their homes were demolished. The Western Cape High Court order allowed 49 structures to be re-erected on the city-owned land.
CAPE TOWN – The City of Cape Town (CoCT) on Thursday said that the Empolweni informal settlement was not the only area where people were attempting to illegally occupy land.
The Khayelitsha community went to court last week after their homes were demolished. The Western Cape High Court order allowed 49 structures to be re-erected on the city-owned land.
However, the city’s anti-land invasion unit this week returned to the site because more people were building structures.
One resident said several people from the wider Khayelitsha community were trying to build homes near the Empolweni site.
“It’s not Empolweni residents, it’s a new section where they’re trying to build structures. They’re taking advantage,” he said.
Many of these people were backyarders and were forced to leave their homes because they had lost their income due to the nationwide lockdown.
