Yesterday Sexwale was in Langa township for the handing-over of the most recently completed houses of the N2 Gateway development.

But, instead of listening to the complaints of the protesting residents, Sexwale told a packed marquee that it was wrong to play politics when development was at stake.

Earlier, about 200 residents from informal settlements along the N2 sang Sexwale’s praises, saying that he would take them out of shacks.

But their high spirits took a dive when the housing minister said those who were not on Cape Town’s housing waiting list would not benefit from the latest phase of the N2 development.

“Those who are getting these houses, do not sell these houses. Do not rent them out,” Sexwale told beneficiaries before the ceremonial handover.

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