South Africa: 'We Should Have Left This Place Many Years Ago'

About one hundred residents of Powerline, an informal settlement in Port Elizabeth located underneath high voltage power lines, were relocated by the municipality on Monday. They have been moved from NU10 to NU29, also in Motherwell. Hundreds more are packing in anticipation of being moved.

"We have relocated the first batch of people to NU29 where the place is serviced. They are going to wait for their houses while on those sites. All people living in the Powerline informal settlement are in the process of being relocated," said Andile Lungisa, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality head of infrastructure and engineering.

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