By Mary-Anne Gontsana for GROUNDUP –
After being evicted four times from private land, about 100 Mfuleni residents have now found respite in a tent on a piece of vacant land in Bardale.
The backyarders were evicted from Fountain Village by landowner property developer MSP Developments, law enforcement, and the City’s Land Invasion Unit in June. They say they will stay in the tent until government comes up with a plan. They have nowhere else to go.
One of the residents and a leader in the group, Yongama Folose, said backyarders were tired of being overlooked by the City when it came to housing.
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