The EFF wants people to stake claim to unoccupied land such as Rondebosch Common.

CAPE TOWN - The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in the Western Cape has vowed to mobilise people to claim unoccupied land.

Land redistribution was one of the hot issues at the party's elective congress in Bloemfontein last month.

WATCH: Julius Malema's opening address at the EFF's congress.

The EFF's provincial branch wants landless people to stake claim to unoccupied land, such as Rondebosch Common, which could be one of the open spaces up for grabs.

The party's Nazier Paulsen says once structures are erected, it will be up to the local municipality to provide basic services.

"It's the responsibility of the municipality to provide services to the people. This is why municipal councillors are elected so that they can serve the people and it's about time that they do this."

Last year, police clashed with hundreds of people after dismantling shacks that had been erected on a piece of the land between the R104 and the N4 highway in Nellmapius.

The EFF's local leaders allegedly told community members they were free to set up shacks on the piece of vacant land.

Residents claimed local party leaders assured them that if they stake a claim to a plot, the paperwork will be sorted out at a later date.