Final closure of De Doorns Safety Site

6 May 2010

Anton Bredell Provincial Minister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, together with Charles Ntsomi, Mayor of Breede Valley Municipality, will announce the final closing of the De Doorns Safety Site.

Following the advice of the Reintegration Committee, the Breede Valley Municipal Council resolved on 30 April 2010, that the reintegration of the displaced Zimbabweans at the De Doorns Sports field would be finalised by 31 May 2010.

The De Doorns refugee camp, situated on the outskirts of a farming town near Worcester, came about after the outbreak of xenophobic attacks in various townships across South Africa in May 2008. On 17 November 2009 the tranquil livelihood of the agri-based town of De Doorns was shattered when approximately 3 000 foreign nationals (mostly from Zimbabwe) were displaced from the informal settlement of Stofland.

All media are invited to attend:

Date: Friday, 7 May 2010
Time: 08h30 to 09h30
Venue: 1 Dorp Street, Utilitas Building 4th Floor, Cape Town

Media enquiries:
Heini Odendal
Cell: 084 959 4515

Manfred van Rooyen
Breede Valley Municipality
Cell: 084 678 8841

Issued by: Department of Local Government and Housing, Western Cape Provincial Government