NEWS: Eldorado Park land grabbers call on Miss SA for help

JOHANNESBURG – The Johannesburg Metro Police are in Eldorado Park to halt the illegal occupation of an open piece of land by people who are demanding houses from government, but community members are fighting back and have called on new Miss South Africa, Liesl Laurie, to help them.



The Eldorado Park Civic Association says about 4,000 people have already expressed their interest in claiming a piece of land which is on a field suspected of being used for crime.
On Friday, residents started clearing parts of the land and yesterday held another meeting about how to proceed.

Eldorado Park resident Dawid Stevenson called on the new Miss South Africa for help.

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