In October, the municipality placed on auction over 400 municipal-owned stands.
JOHANNESBURG -The Mogale City Local Municipality says people living illegally on municipal-owned stands will be offered first right of refusal when they go on sale.However following public outcry, the municipality removed stands already occupied from the auction.These stands, mostly placed in townships, were supposed to create revenue for the municipality through rates and services.
"They are approached by the municipality, the municipality does evaluation, it says this stand according to us costs a certain figure, do you accept to purchase the stand? Do you accept to make an arrangement with the municipality? "It is in our best interest seeing that you have settled with your family we give you a deed of transfer, but the only way to transfer an asset of a municipality is if it's bought."
Sele said that the municipality is probing to determine whether there was corruption in how the stands were illegally occupied. Mogale City recently listed on auction over 400 municipal-owned stands, some of them already illegally occupied.Lucky Sele, newly elected Mogale City Mayor, said the occupiers will be given first right of refusal.
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