UDM to take up cudgels for displaced residents

Residents of Zamani Transit Camp informal settlement outside Durban are still waiting for authorities to make good on their promise to build them proper houses after they were removed from their original land in preparation for the 2010 Soccer World Cup.

- Eric Mthobeli Naki

In 2009, the community were asked to relocate from Umlazi to make way for the construction of sports facilities and parking area next to King Zwelithini Stadium.

The World Cup was held at various venues countrywide, with some stadiums used as training camps for teams from abroad.

Zamani Transit Camp people in Malukazi were promised formal sites after the tournament.

They had lost hope that anything would be done, but the United Democratic Movement (UDM) has taken up the battle on their behalf.