LETTER: De Lille in unique position to free up land
Minister can urge the cabinet to give military land to Cape Town’s poor as suggested by Crawford-Browne
18 January 2022 - 14:27
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Terry Crawford-Browne rightly depicts the major cause of suffering by thousands of Capetonians who are deprived of decent housing because of ANC apathy around the issue of the underused military land in Cape Town (“Honour Tutu by transforming military bases”, January 7).
In a press release issued 15 months ago three community organisations representing about 30 civic bodies called for the release of this land, which would make it possible to accommodate 67,000 low-income households in Cape Town. I write to express concern around the apparent foot-dragging by the national government in current discussions regarding this situation.
I urge former Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille, as a current member of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet, to use her unique position to influence the government on this issue. The people of Cape Town are crying out for action by her and the cabinet!
Gordon Oliver Former mayor of Cape Town (1989-1991)
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LETTER: De Lille in unique position to free up land
Minister can urge the cabinet to give military land to Cape Town’s poor as suggested by Crawford-Browne
Terry Crawford-Browne rightly depicts the major cause of suffering by thousands of Capetonians who are deprived of decent housing because of ANC apathy around the issue of the underused military land in Cape Town (“Honour Tutu by transforming military bases”, January 7).
In a press release issued 15 months ago three community organisations representing about 30 civic bodies called for the release of this land, which would make it possible to accommodate 67,000 low-income households in Cape Town. I write to express concern around the apparent foot-dragging by the national government in current discussions regarding this situation.
I urge former Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille, as a current member of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet, to use her unique position to influence the government on this issue. The people of Cape Town are crying out for action by her and the cabinet!
Gordon Oliver
Former mayor of Cape Town (1989-1991)
JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Send us an email with your comments to letters@businesslive.co.za. Letters of more than 300 words will be edited for length. Anonymous correspondence will not be published. Writers should include a daytime telephone number.
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