Land grabs on the rise in Gauteng
Feb 21, 2021
3 minutes
ROLAND MPOFU and NOKWANDA NCWANE
BHEKIKHAYA MABASO
African News Agency (ANA)
CRIMINAL syndicates are taking advantage of the moratorium on evictions during lockdown and are selling vacant plots illegally. As a result, there has been a surge in the number of informal settlements sprouting in Gauteng in the last few months since the outbreak of Covid-19.
The illegal selling and occupation of land has prompted the Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Human Settlements in the City of Joburg, Mlungisi Mabaso, to issue a warning that people who
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