Covid is an informal settlement that was established on Driftsands Nature Reserve during the pandemic lockdowns. The reserve is managed by CapeNature. The occupiers have been served with eviction notices and have to vacate the land. | GroundUp_News
Protesting residents of the Covid informal settlement block the entrance to Driftsands Nature Reserve. A short while later they were dispersed by police.Covid is an informal settlement that was established on Driftsands Nature Reserve during the pandemic lockdowns. The reserve is managed by CapeNature.On Monday about 400 Covid residents protested and a clash with police ensued.
with eviction notices and had until 25 June to vacate the nature reserve. Most of the settlement lies within the Driftsands Nature Reserve, which is administered by CapeNature on behalf of the Western Cape government.in the settlement were washed away in floods last week. Local and provincial governments do not consider the land safe for habitation.
Community leader Mncuntula told GroundUp that they would jump over the fence and sleep inside the reserve if no one attended to them. He said that they had been trying to have a meeting with CapeNature officials for months, but had been spurned. But residents did not budge and appeared to be convinced that CapeNature was the entity responsible for addressing their plight.
Van Rhyn said that the Driftsands Nature Reserve is not suitable for human settlement as it includes wetlands, the Kuils River and its banks, and flood reduction infrastructure.
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