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Cogta’s Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said the eThekwini municipality was an example of apartheid spatial planning patterns, with the majority living far from work.
Minister for Cooperative Governance, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Image: @ NationalCoGTA / Twitter
CAPE TOWN – The Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said the government needed land in order to address the legacy of apartheid.
He said South Africa’s spatial planning needed urgent intervention and needed to be reinvented.
Dlamini-Zuma made the remarks while delivering the keynote address during the local government week virtual session of the Province’s National Council on Tuesday.
The minister said that the local government faces a number of challenges and spatial planning is one of them.
He said that eThekwini Township was an example of apartheid spatial planning patterns, where most lived away from work.
The Minister said that this has been further aggravated by COVID-19: “Even our spatial planning must change. We need to reinvent spatial planning and we need land to make sure we change that apartheid spatial planning, which we saw how disadvantageous it is during COVID-19 where people had to travel to buy food. “
Dlamini-Zuma also referred to COVID-19 saying that government efforts have managed to contain the virus.
“In this sense, our response successfully delays and flattens the curve.”
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