{"id":47235,"date":"2021-09-27T17:50:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T15:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/eff-pledges-to-build-houses-in-sandton-renames-headquarters-after-winnie-mandela"},"modified":"2021-09-27T17:49:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T15:49:59","slug":"eff-pledges-to-build-houses-in-sandton-renames-headquarters-after-winnie-mandela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/eff-pledges-to-build-houses-in-sandton-renames-headquarters-after-winnie-mandela","title":{"rendered":"EFF Pledges To Build Houses In Sandton, Renames Headquarters After Winnie Mandela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has pledged to build houses in the upmarket area of Sandton if they take over the City of Johannesburg after the November 1 national local government elections.<\/p>\n<p>The pledge was made by EFF leader Julius Malema during the launch of his party\u2019s election manifesto and the celebration of what would have been the 85th birthday of late struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at Gandhi Square in the Joburg CBD Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The events culminated in the renaming of the EFF headquarters at Gandhi Square after Madikizela-Mandela.<\/p>\n<p>Malema said the EFF\u2019s election manifesto covered the needs of all people, including the rural poor and those deprived of fishing licenses.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to an audience of over 15 000 who attended the event, he told them that an EFF government \u201cwas going to identify land next to Sandton to build RDP houses in the area.\u201d He said:<\/p>\n<p>This is to promote integrated human settlements. We belong to each other and you must live together.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to so-called hijacked buildings in Tshwane, Joburg and other metropolitan areas, Malema said his party was going to repossess these and create accommodation for poor people.<\/p>\n<p>He said areas such as Hillbrow and Berea in Johannesburg, and Sunnyside in Pretoria, were among his party\u2019s priorities when it came to repossession to create houses and student accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>Malema also announced his party was going to impose a \u201cproperty wealth tax\u201d on all those who resided in suburban areas of South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>This was a massive backtrack on a similar comment he made two weeks ago while addressing his supporters at Bophelong.<\/p>\n<p>At that time, he insinuated that only white people would be expected to make such a payment, to subsidise those who are recipients of SASSA grants.<\/p>\n<p>More: NewZimbabwe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has pledged to build houses in the upmarket area of Sandton if they take over the City of Johannesburg after the November 1 national local government elections. 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