Land invasion attempts across Western Cape steadily declining
24 August 2021
Land invasions on state-owned properties over the last three weeks in August 2021 has consistently been below 10 incidents per week. In week one of the month, there were 8 attempts, followed by 9 in week two and another 9 during the third week of August 2021. All attempts, which amounts to 26 occurred in the Cape Metro and none in the non-Metro municipal areas. This is lower than the 49 attempts which occurred during July 2021.
Between July 2020 to date, there’s been 1 305 attempts of land invasions across the Western Cape.
I’d like to thank all stakeholders, particularly community members who’s assisting us in combatting these illegal activities. This demonstrates what can be done when we all work together to combat events and activities that are detrimental to our society. While we have seen this decline in attempts, I would like to encourage all stakeholders to continue to be vigilant.
Although the reduction is welcomed and shows that our strategy to secure our land and properties is working, the high security expenditure of over R 53, 8 million since April 2021 to date, remains concerning. More than 320 Breaking New Ground (BNG)/free housing units could’ve been built (excluding bulk services) with this amount.