informal settlements

The provincial Department of Human Settlements does not know how many informal settlements there are in the Eastern Cape. In reply to a question for written reply in the Eastern Cape Legislature, the MEC for Human Settlements, Helen Sauls-August, concedes that her department has had to hire researchers to determine how many informal settlements there are in the province. The reply can be seen here. This is a massive problem. The province needs to keep track of where informal settlements … [Read more...] about The Eastern Cape is neglecting informal settlements