Lenasia South land occupiers and residents continue to clash amid deep-seated acrimony | ntwaagae
Clashes between Lenasia South Extension 4 residents and a group of people illegally occupying government-owned land show no signs of abating.
"They are only attacking us. We are building shacks here, we want to build houses. They think we will be intimidated. This is our country too. We are going to stay where we want to stay. They think we are afraid of the police. Police failed to remove people who have been invading land here for years now and only attack us," said Mzobe Majola.
Some of the occupiers have built mansions including one who had built a 23-bedroom hotel on provincial land. "Where do they think we must go to? There are people in the area who are building houses daily in Lenasia South and they are not complaining about that. We are not going anywhere, this is government land. We all belong to the same government," said Majola.
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