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I have inquired whether the City has spoken to the national government about this property and await the response. At this point, that property is considered the \u2018private property of national government\u2019 and, therefore, we cannot provide any services to it or apply for an eviction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Langenhoven, people started erecting illegal shelters on the field in late 2019 \u2013 close to the end date of construction of the shopping centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople didn\u2019t actually know how far it (the shopping centre) would extend. So once this was done, an opportunity was seen over here and then people started moving in. We could see one shack over there and then another, and then it just mushroomed out. So now we\u2019ve got maybe 10 to 15.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on the occupied land, and similar ones in other parts of the province, Seithlolo said you couldn\u2019t have a situation where informal settlements were allowed to mushroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd in their mushrooming on DPWI land, when people go to court and say, \u2018But we don\u2019t have services\u2019, the Human Rights Commission will say the municipality must provide services.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As is the case now, he said, in Knoflokskraal (in Grabouw), with the Theewaterskloof local municipality where 3 000 people had occupied land that had been earmarked by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Seithlolo claimed, when the DPWI were first alerted to the occupation in Grabouw, they did nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey allowed the situation to continue. And then the DFFE said, \u2018Oh, well, there\u2019s nothing we can do here. We\u2019re going to move away.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo an opportunity has been lost, and people will be left without any services. Now that municipality has to take responsibility to provide those services. Where do they get the money? They don\u2019t have the money. They don\u2019t have the plans. What is the department then doing?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said what was needed was for the DPWI to take an active role in making sure that they were able to provide the relevant and necessary security to ensure their properties or land weren not occupied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo that it does not result in a situation where communities around those areas then cry about crime safety and so forth; so that people don\u2019t then have a leg to stand on when they say, \u2018We have been here for 48 hours or for 72 hours and, therefore, you need to find us property or land where we can go and settle\u2019. 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