{"id":295215,"date":"2026-01-29T20:03:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T18:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/?p=295215"},"modified":"2026-01-29T20:03:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T18:03:32","slug":"public-protector-educates-makhaza-residents-on-their-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/public-protector-educates-makhaza-residents-on-their-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Protector educates Makhaza residents on their rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In an effort to educate and empower people about their rights officials from the Office of the Public Protector held a public session with residents from <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/makhaza-finally-gets-the-station-20240522\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"42854\">Makhaza<\/a>, Khayelitsha today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A group of people converged on Desmond Tutu Hall to engage and interact with the officials. Mzwabantu Manisi, an outreach officer from the office, described the event as being part of its provincial outreach programme. He explained the objective is to give members of the public a platform on which to raise their concerns and be educated and empowered about their rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMany people, particularly from so-called disadvantaged communities, don&#8217;t know their rights. Even when they have problems they don\u2019t know where to go. Sometimes they report in the wrong places or departments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manisi stressed that for anything to do with services the first person to go to is the local ward councillor, instead of jumping to the next level. He said the challenges the office encountered differed from community to community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patrick Zati, chair of the South African National Civic Organisation&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matthew_Goniwe\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matthew_Goniwe\">Matthew Goniwe<\/a> branch in Makhaza, described the session as informative. He said participants learnt a lot within a short period, and there were so many things they had not known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs community leaders it is imperative to attend such an event, so when community members ask for help we can put them in the right direction. We would like the Office of the Public Protector to organise another session soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zati confessed the event had been poorly organised owing to the limited number of community members present for this session in the community hall, and that much will be done to ensure it is packed to the rafters the next time. He mentioned area challenges such as drain bursts, lack of title deeds and other housing-related issues. 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