IOL reports that Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has advised that people who have built shacks on railway lines in Cape Town will soon be relocated after a piece of land was found for their resettlement.

The presence of the shacks has led to the disruption of the railway services on the Central Line in the Cape metro and other major routes. Mbalula, who was part of Ministers in the Economics cluster answering questions in the National Assembly on Wednesday, said they were working tirelessly to return trains full-time to the rail tracks in the Western Cape. He advised that he was going to meet with the Minister of Human Settlements on Thursday to finalise preparations for the land that would be given to people who would be resettled. “As we are speaking now, we are working with the government of the Western Cape, the Cape Town Municipality, Human Settlements and the Department of Public Works. The Department of Human Settlements has secured a piece of land, where we will be moving the people to comply with the court order,” Mbalula said with reference to the High Court order that people who had built shacks on the railway must be moved and the government must find land for them to relocate to. Mbalula said they were working hard to ensure the Central Line was opened to allow for the smooth running of trains.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Siyabonga Mkhwanazi at IOL

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