Over 4000 land invasions dealt with in 2017
12 October 2017
Since January 2017 the DA-led multi-party administration of Tshwane has attended to a total of 4406 land invasions throughout the city.
Of the 4406 unlawfully erected structures the City of Tshwane has demolished 3161 of them. In so doing we have identified land parcels to move our residents either to temporary serviced stands or permit dwellings pursuant to legislation governing evictions.
Specifically, between January and June 2017; 2744 complaints of land invasions were attended to and 2271 of those structures demolished.
Additionally, in the first quarter of the 2017/18 financial year (July – September 2017) 1662 complaints were dealt with and a total of 890 unlawful structures were demolished.