Relief for Kleinfontein?

NORMALISATION: NEGOTIATIONS WITH CITY MAY SEE RESIDENTS PAYING RATES TO TSHWANE

- Marizka Coetzer

Rapper, songwriter and record producer Refiloe Maele Phoolo, professionally known as Cassper Nyovest, performs at the I Am Dark And Lovely festival in Johannesburg on Saturday.

(Nigel Sibanda)

It was a step forward for the Kleinfontein community with a possible memorandum of understanding on the table to guide the future cooperation between the City of Tshwane and residents following a meeting last week.

Kleinfontein is one of about 17 illegal developments in Tshwane. It consists of about 650 housing units, including an old-age home, community hall, shopping centre, school building and a light industrial area.

It is a private, culturally segregated Afrikaner settlement near Pretoria founded in 1992, to preserve Afrikaner culture and heritage.

Last week, Tshwane MMC for finance and deputy mayor Eugene Modise, Kleinfontein Residents Association chair Henk Cilliers and Republican Conference of Tshwane councillor Lex Middelberg met to discuss a number of issues relating to Kleinfontein and the objective of formalisation.