{"id":48485,"date":"2023-10-10T12:16:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T10:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/title-deeds-process-on-20231009\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T21:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T19:35:08","slug":"title-deeds-process-on-20231009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/title-deeds-process-on-20231009\/","title":{"rendered":"Title deed registration process begins for first of 640 residents from Mithell’s Plain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over the next few months 640 ward 76 residents will receive their title deeds free and clear, thanks to the efforts of the City of Cape Town. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first 110 residents of this group had their details registered yesterday (9 October) at Lobelia Hall, with the title deeds being issued within the next six to 12 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ward 76 councillor Avron Plaatjies said the residents were invited to this event to register their documents for the expedition of their title deeds according to a list supplied by the City\u2019s home ownership department. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials attached to this department were on hand as part of the Human Settlements Directorate\u2019s roadshow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany of these residents have been paying up their properties over the years, but they have not been able to get their deeds because they cannot afford the attorney\u2019s costs for the transfers,\u201d says Plaatjies. \u201cThe City is now absorbing those costs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that residents have been waiting for decades. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are kickstarting the administrative process to hand people\u2019s title deeds to them. These are residents who have been living in Ward 76 since the start of Mitchell\u2019s Plain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first group of 110 residents have been registered to receive their deeds. <\/div>\n
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The Human Settlements Directorate have identified 640 qualifying residents in the Ward 76 area.<\/div>\n
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Magreta Koopman, a community worker known as Mrs Louw, has advocated for ownership for residents for the past 24 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am feeling so privileged and tearful on this occasion to see this happening,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat there is action, especially when I look at the elderly here, and it is a pity it took so long, but it has happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to thank Councillor Plaatjies for taking this step. He gave us an ear and took the initiative forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Koopman said the importance of homeownership was exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, where the lack of space and overcrowding was a problem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs the older generation we need to make plans. The youth do not have that. To be able to extend their houses, they need the plan. To be able to do anything, they need the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is a huge backlog because of the pandemic, we understand that. People have started to lose hope and trust, but we have always asked for patience and today it is here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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