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MEC engages with Lenasia Ntombi Nkosi, The New Age, Johannesburg, 23 June 2014 The ANC is on a mission to deliver on its election promise to engage more closely with communities in the province. Gauteng MEC for human settlements Jacob Mamabolo convened a series of consultations with three community groups to resolve key outstanding issues raised during the election campaign and prioritised by Gauteng Premier David Makhura. The meeting, with the Lenasia Concerned Residents group, agreed to work together to resolve the illegal land invasion issue which resulted in the demolition of houses. A new process has been instituted which will ensure that the matter is fast-tracked and resolved. The various parties recommitted to cooperate and ensure that the matter is speedily resolved following concerns that the initial ministerial process had slowed down. Mamabolo requested the meeting with the residents to express the government's commitment to resolving the Lenasia matter and to ensure that the special Lenasia intervention task team (Split) wraps up its work and bring the matter to finality. "I am going to undertake further consultations with various stakeholders to request that Split urgently set up the process to conclude this matter and find a way forward," Mamabolo said. The MEC further indicated that the matter had gone on for far too long. "Sooner rather than later the matter must be wound up and closed properly. "We do not want a situation where communities have grudges and lingering pain against their own government." Mamabolo also raised concern about the ongoing illegal land invasions in Lenasia. He expressed his unhappiness that illegal invasions only serve to exacerbate and compound the land problems in Lenasia. "In my meeting with the residents' leadership, I appealed to them to assist by asking the residents to refrain from these invasions. "Our first call is to appeal to the community not to invade the land. Law enforcement will be the last resort. "For now, we are making a call to the community of Lenasia and other affected areas in the south of Johannesburg, to stop land invasions. "We don't want to witness again what happened in Lenasia in 2012," he said. The government remains opposed to illegal land invasions and illegal occupation of RDP houses. Mamabolo also met community leaders of Tswelopele Ext 8 in Tembisa. Issues discussed included the construction of a bridge in the area, the pace of RDP housing construction, illegal occupation of houses, sanitation and electricity. The MEC also met evicted residents of Newtown. He announced that legal counsel was appointed by the department to investigate the liquidation process as well as the roles played by other key stakeholders. The liquidation of their property (Car Gardens) saw residents thrown out of their homes. [email protected] From: http://www.thenewage.co.za/129204-1008-53-MEC_engages_with_Lenasia -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
