{"id":166382,"date":"2020-09-22T11:31:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T09:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.groundup.org.za\/article\/community-stops-project-house-elderly-and-people-disabilities\/"},"modified":"2020-09-22T11:31:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T09:31:48","slug":"community-blocks-project-to-house-elderly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/community-blocks-project-to-house-elderly\/","title":{"rendered":"Community blocks project to house elderly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p><a class=\"bigger-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.groundup.org.za\/media\/uploads\/images\/photographers\/Thamsanqa%20Mbovane\/bobani_village_2020.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"2601511908\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/community-blocks-project-to-house-elderly.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Residents of Bobani Village informal settlement in Uitenhage stopped work on a new housing project on vacant land next to their shacks on Monday. Photo: Thamsanqa Mbovane<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Residents of Bobani Village informal settlement stopped a new housing project on land near their homes on Monday.<\/li>\n<li>Those living in the more than 3,000 shacks want the municipality to build them toilets first.<\/li>\n<li>The new R30 million project by the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is expected to house the elderly and people with disabilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>Bobani Village informal settlement in Gunguluza, Uitenhage remains tense after residents brought a neighbouring housing project to a standstill.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, residents chased away bulldozers hired by the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality.<\/p>\n<p>The bulldozers were to clear land earmarked for the Phase 4 project where 540 informal structures with electricity, and access to water and toilets are to be built. Residents are opposed to the R30 million project.<\/p>\n<p>In July, the community protested, demanding that 846 toilets be built as part of the municipality\u2019s Covid-19 plan. The construction<a href=\"https:\/\/www.groundup.org.za\/article\/plans-build-hundreds-toilets-stopped-uitenhage-politics\/\"> had been stopped<\/a>. Bobani Village is the biggest informal settlement in Uitenhage with over 3,000 shacks.<\/p>\n<p>Resident Phumlani Mthimkhulu said they were angry because the municipality had not consulted them about the project.<\/p>\n<p>Area 11 committee chairperson Luyanda Manyamu said: \u201cWe are already experiencing overcrowding, therefore we cannot allow the municipality to bring people from elsewhere and put them near us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Municipal spokesperson Mamela Ndamase said: \u201cThe project prioritises the most vulnerable groups including the elderly, people living with disabilities and those with high risk illnesses. The ward councillor is engaging with residents from the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 2020 GroundUp. This article is licensed under a <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\" rel=\"license\">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You may republish this article, so long as you credit the authors and GroundUp, and do not change the text. Please include a link back to the original article.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/community-blocks-project-to-house-elderly.jpg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.groundup.org.za\/\">Source: GroundUp<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Bobani Village informal settlement in Uitenhage stopped work on a new housing project on vacant land next to their shacks on Monday. Photo: Thamsanqa Mbovane Residents of Bobani Village informal settlement stopped a new housing project on land near their homes on Monday. 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