Some worry that 'favouritism' will dictate who moves. Others say they are tired of 'temporary relocations' and want permanent homes.
She said that in her ward she had communicated with only three families who had special needs. Two were elderly families and another family had a person with a disability.City of Joburg spokesperson Nthatisi Modingoane said the city would be ready to move the first group of people around September.
This was being done in the hope that, through improved living conditions, the department would reduce the spread of Covid-19. Moving residents from nearby informal settlements to the completed housing units would ease congestion in those settlements she added. Community leader Kgabo Raphala said people were not happy with the moves because they already had three temporary sites in Alexandra."We are tired of temporary relocations," he said."We are scared that this will also happen with these 1,600 people they are talking about. The land they are moving people to is big enough to build flats. This is the proposal we put to the city.
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