Gauteng government backtracks on promises with housing cancellation.
The long-awaited “mega project” promised by the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements to families in Marikana Soutpan informal settlement north of Pretoria has been cancelled. Instead, they have been told, their area will benefit from an “Informal Settlement Upgrading Project”. But in the absence of a timeline or budget, the families are worried.
At the meeting, Sam Mohatlane from the Department told residents that the mega project had been dropped due to budget constraints and the lack of land where people could be relocated to make way for the mega project. Community leader Lolo Lekalakala was one of the first residents to put up shacks in the settlement. He said he felt let down by the department.
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