District Six claimants meet with Minister of Rural Development

Mluleki Mrwebi
26 August 2014

Over 700 District Six claimants met with the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform Gugile Nkwinti over the weekend whereby several resolutions were agreed upon. 

Departmental Spokesperson Vuyani Nkasayi said one of the big resolution that the claimants agreed on a Communal Property Association to hold their land for the claimants. 

Nkasayi said one of the decisions that was taken was to mandate the Minister to negotiate with the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development to talk about the money that was paid and this needs to be reversed and paid by the District Six Development Trust, it is about R 225 ,000. 

Meanwhile another decision which was made during the meeting with the minister was that claimants who own properties at the time of dispossession will receive row houses. 

Minister Nkwinti said it is important for government to create platforms in communities for people to discuss and make decisions. 

Nkasayi said the other issue that was discussed was the prioritization of elderly people because those people need to be settled at the bottom so that it must not be a hustle to go up.