Over R8.5 billion will be required over a seven-year period to move over 28 000 families who are now residing on high-risk dolomitic land in Khutsong, Gauteng’s West Rand. Senior municipal officials, including the Mayor and the Acting Municipal Manager, appeared before the Gauteng Legislature’s Standing Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, according to the Merafong Local Municipality (COGTA). Some families, though, are refusing to be transferred. Dolomite is underlain by the Merafong Municipality, and it is harming a number of communities, including Carletonville, Welve…