PRESS RELEASE: 12 December 2011
Issued by: Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement of SA
Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI)
UMNGENI MUNICIPALITY ORDERED TO PROVIDE HOUSING TO RESIDENTS OF TUMBLEWEED INFORMAL SETTLEMENT
Council and residents agree on relocation plans
The Pietermaritzburg High Court today ordered uMngeni Municipality to provide land, water, sanitation and temporary housing to 47 families living in the Tumbleweed informal settlement near Howick, KwaZulu-Natal. The order was granted by agreement between the residents and the municipality after the municipality applied to evict the residents to make way for a new school.