Ekurhuleni to give land to the public
The City of Ekurhuleni (CoE) will be responding to Gauteng Premier David Makhura’s call for the rapid land release programme.
“The CoE will release 120 farms to our farmers. We will release 40 pieces of strategic land parcels for development for those who qualify through proper and legal means and we will release 341 council-owned shops that must be given to our people for them to upgrade and trade,” said Ekurhuleni mayor Mzwandile Masina during closing remarks at last week’s presentation of the budget for 2018/19.
The City will also release 89 sites to “credible churches” and is availing land to the human settlements department to build, within the current term of government, 100 000 houses and provide 59 000 serviced stands.
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“We have taken a firm decision that all council-owned land in CoE must be habitable, must have all social amenities and should be given to our people free of charge,” said Masina.
He added that land reform must take place in an orderly and non-violent manner.
A bill will be tabled in parliament to enable a constitutional and legal process of land expropriation without compensation.
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