‘Flouting by-laws’: Anger erupts over informal settlement near Boksburg suburb

Homeowners in Boksburg North express discontent as Ekurhuleni's housing development creates an informal settlement.

Cason resident Xolani Sithole is up in arms over the expansion of the informal settlement and subsequent break-ins in the suburb where he owns a house. Pictures: Brian Sokutu.

Municipal spokesperson Zweli Dlamini described Leeuwpoort as “one of the megaprojects that the human settlements department is implementing”.“So far, 152 units have been finalised and allocated to approved beneficiaries from Cinderella hostel, Reiger Park and Hlahane,” said Dlamini. “You must not have been a homeowner or have financial dependants. “You must be in possession of a permanent residence permit if a foreign national.”But despite getting a South African Social Security Agency grant, Mozambican pensioner Alson Captine Chalique, who has worked in South Africa and lived at Cinderella hostel for over 20 years, did not qualify for the RDP apartment.

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