. The municipality was divided into 20 wards with 39 councillors. . The population size was 139 000. . A total of six informal settlements were located in the municipality, of which some are located on river beds, flood lines, and on the edge of power lines. . In Zwelethemba, sites were serviced, sanitation was installed and water points were available. . De Doorns was allocated a budget amounting to R25 million to speed up the Upgrading of Informal Settlement Programme (UISP) process and to develop 577 new sites. . The xenophobia attacks on 17 November 2009 were as a result of the influx of Zimbabwean nationals (about 1 200 persons) to De Doorns who were looking for employment opportunities during the harvest period. . The De Doorns Xenophobia Relocation Project began on 17 November 2009. There were 180 families affected, consisting of 1 440 older persons, 180 children and 800 adults. Affected persons were placed temporarily in a safety- camp at the De Doorns sports field. They have been provided with communal toilets (180 in total) and water by the Breede Valley and Cape Winelands District Municipalities. The cost of the toilet supply was R30 709 per week. The provincial government was assisting in paying the costs. The cost of the security was R11 400 per month. The displaced individuals had been provided with temporary shelter by through UNCHR tents. The integration plans were in the process, but had been taking longer than initially anticipated. . In terms of the eviction of farm workers, the municipality was only assisting by registering them on the waiting list. . The municipality was in the process of upgrading 39 old hostels in Worcester. In Worcester alone, the waiting list was approximately 13 000. In Zwelethemba, 331 housing units had been constructed through the PHP, of which 170 were completed. . In Rawsonville, 490 beneficiaries were on a waiting list. The municipality had purchased land. Rawsonville was confronted by the challenge of Eskom's resistance to remove power lines that were lying over the purchased land. . In Touwsriver, there were 1000 units that needed to be demolished as some contained dangerous structural defects. . About 800 rectified houses still required rebuilding as rectification worsened structural defects, but the provincial department had not approved funding for that project.