WESTERN Cape Premier and provincial New National Party leader Gerald Morkel was forced on Monday to cancel his planned visit to an informal settlement on the Cape Flats due to a “life-threatening African National Congress presence”. Morkel said in a statement that he had been advised by his security personnel to avoid the Vrygrond squatter settlement, where he had been scheduled to launch a home-building programme. ANC Western Cape spokesman Cameron Dugmore responded that the ANC has “in no way” made Vrygrond a “no-go area” for Morkel. “The community felt that Morkel’s presence was not welcome since he was never involved in the [housing] development project at all,” Dugmore said.