On 26 November 2012, the provincial department attended a meeting called by the Minister of Human Settlements to which the department and the residents were invited to discuss a way forward. Afterwards the Minister formed a forum called the Special Lenasia Intervention Team (SPLIT) to craft approaches that could be adopted, to amicably resolve the Lenasia land conflict. SPLIT comprised the provincial Department of Local Government and Housing, the national Department of Human Settlements; the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC); South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), the City of Johannesburg (COJ), local councillors, the Member of Mayoral Executive Council responsible for housing at the City of Johannesburg, the Housing Development Agency (HDA) and Lenasia residents (both legal and illegal land occupants).