Long-time Tilly’s farm residents refuse to make way for housing development.
“We will not go anywhere. We earned the right to live on this land when we worked for free as labour tenants after arriving on this farm in the 1980s,” says Margaret Makgomola, a resident of Tilly’s farm in Mogale City.
According to community representative Moss Sekobane, there were shacks as well as brick-and-mortar structures housing over 450 residents. Most of these families relocated. The developer also took its time providing temporary structures and an urgent contempt of court application was filed on 9 September. Lawyers for Human Rights , who are representing the occupants, say 30 shacks have now been built to be shared by the 15 families, but only one pit toilet was provided and the water tanker is currently and often empty.
Furthermore, insofar as the new structures may fall within a housing estate to be developed the developers were to ensure that the Esta occupiers did not become liable for levies to any homeowners’ association or similar body corporate. Margaret Makgomola used to run the community Maphuthaditshaba crèche, which can be seen behind her, before the demolitions.
Merium Kwapeng arrived on the farm in 1982 and worked to earn her keep. Her children were also raised on the farm but they joined the relocation to plot 80 before the demolition. Her demolished home had been a brick structure.
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