Hundreds marched on Saturday to protest against PRASA's plan to move shack dwellers occupying the Central Line to Macassar
Hundreds marched on Saturday to protest against PRASA's plan to move shack dwellers occupying the Central Line to Macassar
Residents say this will put more pressure on already overburdened social welfare, sanitation, electricity and police services. Organisers of the march on Saturday told GroundUp that over 10,000 Macassar residents had signed a petition to oppose the relocation. This is not the only dispute over land to be used to permanently relocate families living on the railway reserve in Langa and Philippi. More thanhave been submitted to the City of Cape Town to oppose the rezoning of two parcels of land near Weltevreden Road in Philippi.
In a recent statement, PRASA spokesperson Andiswa Makanda, on behalf of the Project Management Committee, said the committee was currently"identifying suitable land and considering various land parcels, including state-owned land".
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