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.
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