The delegation was welcomed by the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Human Settlements in the municipality, Councillor Desi, who tendered an apology on behalf of the Executive Mayor, Councillor Z Wayile. The municipality had relocated residents to safer areas (relocation sites/transit areas). It had also taken drastic measures to ensure that there was no re-occupation of vacant land. The municipality had an anti- land invasion unit that patrolled vacated sites to ensure that the land was not re-occupied. The strategy against land invasion was also assisted by the involvement of stakeholders in relation to relocation and good working relationship with the local police and other law enforcement agencies. The municipality was, however, of the view that the legislation governing eviction from land occupied illegally needed to be reviewed because it was difficult to move people from land without an order of the High Court.