Government relocations: One more losing battle for shack dwellers

By BHEKI C. SIMELANE – 

Government seems to have a laudable intention to reach out to poor communities, the latest evidence being the relocation of informal settlements by the Department of Human Settlements. Unfortunately, however, it did not work out as planned. The relocations are riddled with errors and uncertainty. Erratic, cruel and often failing dismally to yield anything but a horribly disruptive effect on the communities in question, they are fast turning into a travesty.

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