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FEAR OF CRIME DRIVES RESIDENTS TO SEEK LANE CLOSURE IN EASTRIDGE
Decades-old lane woes LAUREN O’CONNOR-MAY LAUREN.OCONNOR-MAY@NOVUSMEDIA.CO.ZA
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n the 80s a man was shot and he died in that lane," said a resident whose home abuts the lane in Hartbees Street, Eastridge. The elderly resident, who did not want to be named for fear of reprisals, said she and her neighbours have been battling to close the lane for decades. The lane has three homes on its periphery and two of the neighbours have said that they would be willing to pay the City a leasing fee for its closure
“We were told that it would cost about R600 a year to lease the lane but don’t know how we are going to afford that.” - Resident but the third is in the process of moving. The house has had several changes in ownership, the elderly resident said, adding that she suspected the lane was to blame for the frequent change in occupancy. The residents in Malva Crescent, Eastridge, face similar challenges.
Only one of the four residents whose homes abut the lane was willing to speak to TygerBurger anonymously. She and her neighbours had made an application to close the lane many years ago but have had no feedback since then. She said that when the application was made, the residents were told
that they would need to pay an annual leasing fee. This put many residents off since they were all Sassa recipients of disability or pensions grants. “We were told that it would cost about R600 a year to lease the lane but don’t know how we are going to afford that,” she said. REGULAR SUB-COUNCIL DISCUSSION Lanes and their closures are a regular item on the agendas of the Mitchell’s Plain Sub-councils 12 and 17. TO PAGE 2
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