# Lekwa township development

- Link: https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/lekwa-township-development/
- Published: 2022-08-11T13:59:02+02:00
- Author: dearSA

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### **471**** **comments delivered

### Lekwa Municipality (Gert Sibanda District) wants to establish a township on portion 123 of the Farm Grootverlangen, and called for public comment.

Lekwa Local Municipality is experiencing a multitude of informal settlements which
interferes with land use control and service delivery. The ever-increasing sporadic
mushrooming of informal settlements is due to the growing need for serviced stands
and access to land.

 * There is a great demand from the community of Lekwa Local Municipality to acquire
   serviced stands for residential development that demand is currently fuelling
   land invasions and the mushrooming of informal settlements
 * A number of interrelated factors have driven the emergence of informal settlements
   such as population growth, rural-urban migration, lack of affordable housing 
   and serviced stands, insufficient delivery of basic services, economic vulnerability
   and low-paid work;
 * These factors result in an ever-increasing need for new township establishments
   and affordable serviced stands, hence the mushrooming of informal settlement.
   There is a need to establish townships to allow for the allocation of stands 
   and improved land use management control in Lekwa Local Municipality.
 * Moreover, the proposed development will promote sustainable functional and integrated
   human settlements by maximizing resources efficiently whilst enhance the regional
   identity and unique character of a Lekwa Local Municipality.

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