City won’t tolerate invasions
About 300 families invaded the Cornubia Housing Project on Saturday.
EThekwini Municipality will not tolerate those who invade housing projects in and around the city and is committed to stamping out this practice. The city’s tough stance comes after approximately 300 families invaded incomplete houses in Cornubia on Saturday, 30 January.
According to a media statement this week, the families arrived in buses and taxis to move in their furniture and vandalised the units in the process.
City officials addressed concerns raised by the invaders regarding the allocation process. Police arrived and advised them to leave the area. Since then, security has been beefed up to secure the Cornubia precinct. them on site as they were raising concerns regarding the allocation process. They were later advised to vacate the area by police.
There are about 586 families living in Cornubia which is KwaZulu-Natal’s largest mixed use and mixed income integrated human settlement. This project will ultimately provide 15 000 housing units for indigent beneficiaries.
