Provincial minister of human settlements addresses residents
The provincial minister of human settlements has promised residents of Rheenendal answers to their housing issues by 14 June, but until then the residents say they will carry on building their own makeshift homes. Minister Bonginkosi Madikizela's visit to this community just outside Knysna may have left a bad taste in some residents’ mouths, but it was generally well received on Sunday 27 May. The people have been protesting the lack of housing in their area since 18 May, by erecting informal dwellings on open pieces of land previously earmarked for development. Scuffles with public order policing units and law enforcement followed, but by 22 May had died down completely.
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