"Residents of Blikkiesdorp do not trust the City [of Cape Town government]," says a Blikkiesdorp leader, Jerome Daniels. A meeting on Thursday night highlighted the ongoing tensions between this community and the City.
In May GroundUp reported that the Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) and the City reached a deal whereby ACSA will buy the Blikkiesdorp land so that Cape Town airport can be extended. Blikkiesdorp is what the City calls a "temporary relocation area". Residents have been moved there by the City from other parts of Cape Town, and will eventually be given housing in other neighbourhoods, or at least that's the plan.
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