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Umngeni Municipality Ordered to Provide Housing to Residents of Tumbleweed Shack Settlement

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.

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