The City of Joburg Metro, Gauteng, has become the hotspot for hijacked buildings, where people are occupying abandoned government buildings.
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean MacPherson has disclosed to Parliament that there are 338 hijacked government buildings in SA. Picture: Henk Kruger / Independent NewspapersThe minister of public works and infrastructure Dean MacPherson has revealed that there are 338 hijacked government buildings across the country.He said the department owns about 88,000 government buildings, with many of them being hijacked.
He said following his visit there, it is clear that the government does not use all the buildings and does not intend to do so. MacPherson said he can’t allow the buildings to continue to contribute to the high crime levels across the country. In Gauteng, at the City of Joburg metro, there is a scourge of hijacked buildings, mostly occupied by many low-income, unemployed, and disadvantaged people.have become home for many families across the province in recent decades, as the province is increasingly under threat of overpopulation.
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