The committee also had the opportunity to engage one of the residents in the Albert Luthuli Village, an illegally occupied Safcol plantation not very far from the Jessievale plantation. Although the land belongs to the state, villagers were occupying the land illegally. According to one of the women, a previous councillor allocated plots to villagers. Another reason for occupying the land was because parents wanted to bring their children closer to the school as they were struggling during heavy rains to cross three rivers. Even RDP houses were being built and villagers received water from a nearby school and a nearby tank.