Newly appointed Minister for Human Settlements Lindiwe Sisulu will make fast tracking housing delivery her immediate priority to ensure more affordable housing stock in the market.

“Our primary task is to ensure that we provide decent housing and create an environment whereby the private sector will invest in low income housing projects to cater for those who do not qualify for government subsidised houses and also do not qualify for bond houses,” she said.

According to Sisulu, the President has made it clear that the next five years are about fast tracked service delivery. “I am happy that I have been given this task of leading such a critical service delivery department,” she said.

Sisulu added that the National Development Plan clearly indicates that apartheid planning consigned the majority of South African to places far away from work where services could be sustained and this will have to be dealt with ensure an improved lifestyle them.