Seventeen years after government allocated R75-million for construction of houses for more than 1 400 East London land claimants, they are still without homes.
The group of West Bank residents, who were forcibly removed to Mdantsane, Parkside and Buffalo Flats by the apartheid government in the 1960s, were allocated the money in 2000 after their successful land claim.
However, eight Buffalo City Metro (BCM) mayors later, the multimillion-rand project to house them and their families has still not got off the ground and they have no idea what happened to the money meant for their houses.
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No houses yet from BCM after 17 years
The group of West Bank residents, who were forcibly removed to Mdantsane, Parkside and Buffalo Flats by the apartheid government in the 1960s, were allocated the money in 2000 after their successful land claim.
However, eight Buffalo City Metro (BCM) mayors later, the multimillion-rand project to house them and their families has still not got off the ground and they have no idea what happened to the money meant for their houses.
For the full story get a copy of the Dispatch or subscribe to our e-Edition for the complete newspaper with jobs, classifieds, crosswords, TV schedules and back editions.
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