City of Cape Town tackles hijacked buildings

CAPE TOWN - The City of Cape Town is on a mission to trace owners of hijacked buildings, that currently house hundreds of people.

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In May this year, the City found that the Public Works Department was responsible, for abandoning two such sites and issued them with fines.

Now, as part of an ongoing effort to bring order and rid the city of hijacked buildings, Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson and Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis took a tour of these abandoned buildings.

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The long-term goal is to reclaim the sites and turn them into commercially viable enterprises.