Several Eastern Cape holiday resorts, including cottages and chalets built illegally along the Wild Coast and popular river mouths, face demolition or renegotiated leases.
He also announced that the Public Works Department has referred 14 allegations of properties illegally transferred to private individuals to national, provincial, and municipal custodians for further investigation.
“Working with provincial departments, a total of 9719 properties are currently under various stages of investigation or resolution, having been red-flagged for possible irregularities, mainly from anomalies identified through our asset register, rebuild programme and whistle-blower reports.
“Computer-based interrogation of deeds records will identify further anomalies for investigation.
“As part of our data analysis exercise, we have linked the Persal data with the deeds data and have identified just over 300 employees of the state who have been red-flagged for possible investigation,” Nxesi added.
Marawu said the campaign would be launched in the province officially in October to encourage the public to come forward and report any government properties wrongfully transferred or unlawfully occupied.
No response to e-mailed questions had been received by managers of the Pont holiday resorts or the Wild Lubanzi Backpackers at the time of writing.
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He also announced that the Public Works Department has referred 14 allegations of properties illegally transferred to private individuals to national, provincial, and municipal custodians for further investigation.
“Working with provincial departments, a total of 9719 properties are currently under various stages of investigation or resolution, having been red-flagged for possible irregularities, mainly from anomalies identified through our asset register, rebuild programme and whistle-blower reports.
“Computer-based interrogation of deeds records will identify further anomalies for investigation.
“As part of our data analysis exercise, we have linked the Persal data with the deeds data and have identified just over 300 employees of the state who have been red-flagged for possible investigation,” Nxesi added.
Marawu said the campaign would be launched in the province officially in October to encourage the public to come forward and report any government properties wrongfully transferred or unlawfully occupied.
No response to e-mailed questions had been received by managers of the Pont holiday resorts or the Wild Lubanzi Backpackers at the time of writing.
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