IFP: Caution needed in Cape housing move
2013-01-11 18:04
Johannesburg - The Western Cape government's relocation
of 854 families who lost their homes in a fire BM Section, Khayelitsha, needed
to be handled with caution, the IFP said on Friday.
The party was "encouraged" by the help the
province was offering the families, IFP spokesperson on housing Phendulani
Biyase said in a statement.
However, the plan needed to be "approached with
extreme caution".
"Although the IFP is not against assistance being
offered to the Khayelitsha residents, we question the wisdom of moving them to
housing that residents of Mfuleni have been on the waiting list for,"
Biyase said.
He claimed that some Mfuleni residents had threatened
violence because they felt they had been overlooked.
"Another question arises as to what will happen when
residents are asked to leave and they refuse to go," he said.
On New Year's Day a fire swept through BM Section,
destroying hundreds of shacks.
Luyanda Ngcebetshane, Sivuyile Gqodo, Nkosiyako Lako and
Zukile Magada were killed in the blaze. A fifth person, Lunga Krexe, later died
in hospital.
- SAPA
