Three East London families living on a prime piece of land in Beacon Bay earmarked for residential development face an uncertain future.The land between the new Daily Dispatch offices in Quenera Drive and Gonubie is home to the families who live in mud structures.
Another woman who lives on the property was not home at the time the Dispatch visited as she had apparently returned home to Transkei for the holidays.
A signboard erected near the homesteads requests that anyone with interest in the land to come forward as there are plans to develop the area.
Nishal Sewruttan of NS Environmental, the company that had the sign erected, said the property was earmarked for a private residential development but stressed it was “still early days”.
“We are still in the planning stages and we are also waiting for approval from the relevant stakeholders. It is for a private residential development. The land is over 20 hectares big.”
Both Roberts and Pato said they were not worried about further development in the area.
“If anyone wants to move us from here they must give us alternative accommodation,” they said.
Property development manager of Triple Point, Grant Wheatley, said they had no interests across the Quenera River.
“That area is not our land. It looks like it could be environmentally sensitive because it is on a hill near the river. At this point, we have no intentions to develop across the river,” Wheatley said. — siyab@dispatch.co.za
Threat to families on prime land
The land between the new Daily Dispatch offices in Quenera Drive and Gonubie is home to the families who live in mud structures.
Another woman who lives on the property was not home at the time the Dispatch visited as she had apparently returned home to Transkei for the holidays.
A signboard erected near the homesteads requests that anyone with interest in the land to come forward as there are plans to develop the area.
Nishal Sewruttan of NS Environmental, the company that had the sign erected, said the property was earmarked for a private residential development but stressed it was “still early days”.
“We are still in the planning stages and we are also waiting for approval from the relevant stakeholders. It is for a private residential development. The land is over 20 hectares big.”
Both Roberts and Pato said they were not worried about further development in the area.
“If anyone wants to move us from here they must give us alternative accommodation,” they said.
Property development manager of Triple Point, Grant Wheatley, said they had no interests across the Quenera River.
“That area is not our land. It looks like it could be environmentally sensitive because it is on a hill near the river. At this point, we have no intentions to develop across the river,” Wheatley said. — siyab@dispatch.co.za
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