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The NMBM has called upon religious organisations to register their details.

Illegal occupation of land by religious organisations will soon be a thing of the past in Nelson Mandela Bay.

Thanks to a programme introduced by the Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlement, Councillor Thembinkosi Mafana.

Cllr Mafana is calling on religious organisations to register their details with the Human Settlements Directorate in order to verify their location, the legality of their land occupation, advise and assist on land application.

“In the past five years we have seen an increase of land occupation by religious organisations. Most of them without following the right processes. At the current state, we do not know how many religious organisations occupy land in Nelson Mandela Bay. We need to arrest this situation before it gets out of control. Religious organisations are critical in our efforts to build a caring society, we then need to work with them, not against them,” said Cllr Mafana.

All religious organisations including those who are in formal sites, are expected to submit their details.

“As Human Settlements, we need to know how many religious organisations we have, where they are and how we can contact them. This data will not only assist us in our land planning, it will also assist other directorates like Constituency Services, Speakers Office where the Moral Regeneration Programme resides, Public Health and Safety and Security,” he said.

Cllr Mafana said his Directorate will work with the religious organisations on issues related to site application, land rezoning and other Human Settlements related services they might need.

Religious organisations can submit their details at their respective Ward Councillor offices. On submission they will be required to submit, name of the church, location of the church, confirmation of formal lanf occupancy or details of a land application that has been made if there is any.

For more information about this programme the Directorate can be called at 0662179028/041-505 4413

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