The Western Cape government has been slammed for its recent housing challenge, which has been called “a glorification of people’s poverty” and “quite disgusting”.
Good Party secretary-general Brett Herron said the idea of the BLC not being about better housing, but how to build a better shack, was shocking.
Residents who received Serviced Sites from government and were required to build their own structures. A Serviced Site is a piece of land with access to basic services such as water, electricity and sanitation/toilet.Western Cape EFF chairperson Melikhaya Xego said the BLC was “a glorification of peoples poverty”, because there were no better living conditions in shacks.
“It begs the question, where are they expecting people to build these, since they demolish people’s homes on a weekly basis?
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