CAPE TOWN - The City of Cape Town's housing directorate denies giving New Crossroads residents an alternate housing site.
The conflicts are said to be over a housing project in Gugulethu, where Nyanga East residents occupied homes after it was completed in 2018.
The beneficiaries have warned that the City’s construction of the Myciti Bus lane will not proceed on the land earmarked for their homes
Residents say they were issued with letters in 2020 after their applications for housing were approved in 2016.
But they were never able to move in.
They claim the Nyanga East community rejected them, saying they too had a backlog of housing beneficiaries.
They say the MMC for housing and former Mayor Dan Plato earmarked this site as an alternative solution.
Social justice organisation Ndifuna Ukwazi has warned against fighting over resources.
During a meeting last week, Gugulethu residents rejected plans to be combined with shack dwellers from Observatory for an upcoming housing project.
But the City of Cape Town's housing MMC says they don't have records of previous promises regarding the land.
While the local metro has denied the issue, residents are warning that the Myciti bus lane project may face issues if they aren't housed soon.
- eNCA's Nobesuthu Hejana reports.