Question NW1719 to the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
18 August 2020 - NW1719
Graham, Ms SJ to ask the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
What number of vacant properties owned by her department (a)(53)have been subjected to land invasions and (b)(i)(9)were successful in preventing land invasion, (ii)(32)were unsuccessful in preventing land invasion and are currently occupied and (iii)(12) has been the subject of legal processes for trespassing and/or eviction orders in 2019 and 2020?
Reply:
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:
I was informed by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure as follows:
(a) Number of vacant properties subjected to land invasions.
Bloemfontein =1 (One)
Cape Town = 4 (Four)
Durban = 8 (Eight)
Johannesburg = 0 (Nil)
Kimberley = 3 (Three)
Mmabatho = 3 (Three)
Nelspruit =9 (Nine)
Polokwane = 2 (two)
Port Elizabeth = 9 (Nine)
Pretoria = 0 (Nil)
Umthatha = 14 (Fourteen)
TOTAL = 53
|
No. |
Regional Office |
(i) |
(ii) |
(iii) |
|
List of sites:successful in preventing land invasion |
List of sites: unsuccessful in preventing land invasion and are currently occupied |
List of sites: the subject of legal processes for trespassing and/or eviction orders in 2019 and 2020 |
||
|
1 |
Nelspruit Regional Office |
|
|
|
|
2 |
Cape Town |
|
|
NONE |
|
3 |
Kimberley |
|
|
|
|
4 |
Mthatha |
|
|
|
|
5 |
Durban |
|
|
|
|
6 |
Port Elizabeth |
Komga,
East London,
Farm 866 PT 1, East London RD, |
East London,
East London,
East London,
East London, |
|
|
7 |
Johannesburg |
NONE |
NONE |
NONE |
|
8 |
Bloemfontein |
|
||
|
9 |
Pretoria |
NONE |
NONE |
NONE |
|
10 |
Mmabatho |
|
||
|
11 |
Polokwane |
|
||
|
TOTAL |
9 |
32 |
12 |
Closing statement:
The department managed to deploy various strategies on the prevention of land invasion and that includes the 9 vacant land, amongst the strategies to be deployed the department is planning to procure the services of the Security Companies to patrol the land and forge the relationship with various municipalities to collaborate and share intelligence on the land prevention strategies.
The department is also intending to collaborate with community leaders, civil activists and whistle blowers in order to receive information of potential threats on land invasion and act immediately upon receipt of such information to prevent further land invasions, also to report cases to South African Service to assist with the arrest of the trespassers and distraction of informal structures within 24 hours.