Article: We want free land: Nellmapius residents

Nellmapius residents demanding "free land" lined Old Bronkhorstpruit Road in Pretoria on one side as police nyalas and cars parked on the other side on Wednesday.

Large groups of people had arrived in the area to demand they be given free land to build their own houses.
 
How about no...

The rest of us had to buy the damn land, and build.. so you can do the same thing.
 
And I want free ice creams. And a Lamborghini too if you bring the ice creams too late.

Sehone said the houses in Nellmapius only had one bedroom which was unreasonable for large families.

"We have to sleep on the living room and kitchen floors, because there many of us," she said.
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I guess thinking that 3 kids won't fit in one bedroom was too hard to do before getting them !
 
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RUBBER BULLETS FIRED AT PRETORIA 'LAND GRAB'

Tshwane metro police fired rubber bullets at Nellmapius, Pretoria, residents attempting a "land grab" on Wednesday.

Just before 1pm, people threw stones at the metro police, who retaliated by firing rubber bullets.

The stone-throwers ran into the informal settlement to hide and the metro police, in a Nyala, pursued them firing more rubber bullets.

A few minutes later the residents began emerging again.

Prior to this, Economic Freedom Fighters supporters set off in search of the ward councillor Precious Marole.

The Nyala came out of the informal settlement and followed this group up the street, and then fired more rubber bullets.

This group apparently blocked Old Bronkhorstspruit Road with rocks and tree branches, and lit fires in the road.

Police then began removing the objects blocking the road.

There were no immediate reports of injuries.

According to EFF Nellmapius branch chairman Vusi Msiza the land invasion began on Sunday.

"We found people on the land who were trying to erect shacks," he told residents earlier.

"As the EFF found them here, then we decided to support the community because we are all affected by this."

He said people were tired of waiting for RDP houses, but wanted land on which to build their own houses.

"Some people who applied for houses in 1998 haven't got them yet.

"There are people who were removed from their houses in this area but those close to the councillor were not removed.

"It's not right that certain people from certain parties benefit."

He said the crowd would not leave because it was waiting to see Marole.

ANC Gauteng spokesman Dumisa Ntuli on Tuesday said the land had been earmarked for low-cost housing development.

Also on Tuesday EFF national spokesman Mbuyiseni Ndlozi said the party supported land expropriation but would not directly comment on the events in Nellmapius.

"If branches of the EFF have taken the initiative to join homeless communities, even if they are leading, as we always said we will be at centre of community protest struggles... they are acting within the [ambit] of EFF policies."

Source : Sapa /mr/mjs/jk
Date : 12 Nov 2014 13:35
 
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biena said:
What now taxing everything that is free atm ... air/breathing/walking/rain... no no no no.
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No, I was meaning paying free taxes i.e. 0 !

The next thing I see coming once they get the free land is that they spent all the money building their house and have no money for food, asking that also.

And then they want a school next to the houses, and then a dispensary and so on.

For something that was at the beginning (I guess) an illegal settlement and where the government will go from giving away land for free to end up spending hundreds of millions.
 
JZ did the same thing, took what he wanted for his piece of land. I say take it. Only following ANC's example of take, take, take and screw everyone else.
 
Fv<k you pay for it like everyone else has to and pay taxes therein after.
 
I think the government really needs to push a community building programme; everyone who wants a house and isn't currently employed needs to help build the house, if able to do so.

They'll feel pride, make sure it's done right and realise you have to work hard for something you want.
 
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