Statement by the City’s Executive Mayor, Patricia de Lille
City working with the Macassar community to make progress
possible
The people earmarked for the Macassar Housing Project will be drawn from
the Housing Database and must meet the qualification criteria. The City of
Cape Town is planning further engagement with the Project Steering
Committee which has been elected by the Macassar community.
During my meeting with the National Minister of Human Settlements, Lindiwe
Sisulu, the City’s Human Settlements Directorate had provided me with
information on a piece of land where the Macassar Housing Project is
situated. It was suggested to me as a possible solution to the housing needs
of the people of Lwandle. But, at the stage of receiving the information, I was
not aware that this is the same piece of land where the Macassar Housing
Project is situated.
The Human Settlements department supplied me with information that was
incorrect.
The City of Cape Town sincerely apologises for the confusion that was
caused.
The people of Ward 109, who qualify for a housing opportunity, will be
accommodated in the broader Macassar Development Precinct in the
future. Ward 109 comprises residents from Macassar and also a small portion
of land in Khayelitsha, called Enkanini.
The people from Lwandle were asked to go back to the SANRAL land until
the issue of the road reserve is resolved. It is intended that the SANRAL
evictees who meet the qualification criteria will eventually be moved to
suitable land.