A group of people hope their lives will change for the better after they heeded a call, allegedly by the EFF, to occupy open land in Olievenhoutbosch, Tshwane.
Johanna Mathebula, 41, complained that to rent a back room in Olievenhoutbosch costs R1,500, which she struggles to pay each month.
“I used to work, but since Covid-19 started I haven't been working. I applied for a RDP house subsidy in 2007 and it was approved and I was told that my house is occupied.”“I see it is better for me to come here and find a space to stay because going to the municipality is not helping me and I don't have money to rent.”
“I have to make sure that children are eating and pay the rent every month. It is difficult, sometimes I get smaller jobs that last for two days and don't generate enough money,” she said. “There are no resources or money to pay the rent and as a result we have a situation where people are misplaced and displaced everywhere. As a result we need to implement the cardinal pillar which is expropriation of land without compensation.”
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