{"id":54149,"date":"2025-05-15T10:40:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T08:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/?p=54149"},"modified":"2025-05-15T10:42:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T08:42:32","slug":"gugulethu-housing-project-community-takes-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/gugulethu-housing-project-community-takes-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Gugulethu Housing Project: Community Takes Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ward 40 councillor Bongani Ngcombolo is threatening to mobilise the community to go and invade the Western Cape Department of Infrastructure demanding to know the progress on the Luyolo project in \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gugulethu. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the project was closed after four security guards were attacked on duty in November 2022. (&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/four-security-guards-shot-20221116\/\">Construction site in Gugulethu shut down after four security guards are shot<\/a>&#8220;,<em> City Vision<\/em>, 17 November 2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ngcombolo said they are still in the dark about the housing development in that area.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We will hold a meeting soon as community to find a way forward about that project. But our aim is to go to the provincial office in large numbers to ask about it. 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