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Cape Town Mayor has expressed intentions to start legal proceedings to evict the ‘illegal occupants’ living in makeshift structures on municipal infrastructure.
According to African Insider, Hill-Lewis held that these makeshift structures obstruct the drainage system and this results in flooding issues being intensified.
The Western Cape has experienced significant flooding as a result of the severe weather conditions.
Dunoon specifically, has experienced obstructed drainage systems which worsened the impact of the severe weather.
The makeshift structures and informal settlements interrupt the functioning of essential maintenance.
The mayor of Cape Town has thereby called for using the upcoming summer months to take precaution for future flooding and damage to infrastructure.
The mayor took to X where he stated that ‘our teams are hard at work in Dunoon clearing flooded areas, stormwater pipes and drains wherever possible. It’s important to remember that illegal occupations create challenges for maintaining our city’s infrastructure.’
In the video posted to X, he goes on to say ‘our teams are standing by here but cannot access the drains and the pipes that they need to clean out because there are a number of informal, illegal structures that have been built on our city infrastructure causing this flooding.’
The video ends with him saying that a lengthy court process will have to be undertaken to remove the structures by next winter.
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