Staff Reporter
The recent protest over the mushrooming of illegal structures in Alexandra Township, have put the spotlight on the housing problem and the role of the government in providing.
Premier David Makhura visited the area and vowed to demolish any buildings found to have been erected unlawfully.
During a radio interview on 702, Zenzile Mbinza who is a lecturer at the University of Johannesburg at the Town and Regional Planning department said relocation is the solution to tackling the overcrowding issue in Alexandra.
“Now we have a situation where you’ve got a lot of people than you can spread them around in that certain area,” she said.
She added that Alexandra is in dire need of something similar to what happened in Diepsloot, relocating is the best advice in this this case
