{"id":212363,"date":"2019-07-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/212363\/building-hope-and-a-community-threatened-by-protest\/"},"modified":"2019-07-21T20:21:08","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T18:21:08","slug":"building-hope-and-a-community-threatened-by-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/07\/21\/building-hope-and-a-community-threatened-by-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Building hope and a community threatened by protest"},"content":{"rendered":"
The youth from Tsietsi informal settlement in Palm Ridge threatened the success of the initiative by the Nedbank Group, in partnership with The Nelson Mandela Foundation and Habitat for Humanity, to build 10 new homes for South African families from low-income communities in Palm Ridge Extension 19 on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Habitat for Humanity mobilised support from the metro, the Ministry of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, Gauteng Provincial Government, the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) and private sector to realise the success of the builds on Mandela Day.<\/p>
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As multiple teams divided into groups to clean and help build eight homes in Palm Ridge, a demonstration by locals broke out.<\/p>\n
It is alleged that a community member is selling the houses to residents while those who cannot afford his rates remain in shacks.<\/p>
<\/div>\nDikeledi Thabane from Phase Four in Tsietsi, Palm Ridge, shared her community\u2019s frustrations during a protest on Thursday over the housing backlog and alleged corruption in their community.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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