Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai told Swan and Wiakabra residents that each person is responsible for the development of their community; advising them to move to areas being regularised and to access training programmes.
According to a Government Information Agency (GINA) press release chief on the list of grievances for residents of the Linden/Soesdyke Highway communities is land titles. Many residents live in un-regularised areas and are challenged by the attendant difficulties including the lack of electricity, potable water, security, transportation difficulties, particularly for sending children to school. The communities also struggle with truancy and school drop-outs and garbage pollution, particularly aback Wiakabra.
Residents also voiced concerns about the deterioration of the lone access road to the area as a recent burst of commercial activity and establishment of