The number of households living in formal dwellings across the country has increased from 76% in 2002 to 80% 2014. This is according to Stat’s SA’s recently released GHS Series Volume VII: Housing from a human settlement perspective report....
Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says government aims to make available 1.5 million housing opportunities during the current term of office. The Minister said this when she tabled the department’s Budget Vote Speech in the National...
The Gauteng Government has committed to provide basic infrastructure for Zandspruit, North West of Johannesburg following violent protests by the community in the recent months. The community expressed dissatisfaction after Eskom allegedly cut off...
Cosmo City, South Africa’s first successful mixed-human settlement project situated in Johannesburg North is now an attractive place to live in Gauteng. The community is made up of fully subsidised houses, bonded, rental and government’s Financed...
Construction of the Valhalla Park Housing Development, which will empower the City of Cape Town’s most vulnerable families with 777 subsidised homes, has kicked off. The contract for construction of the civil engineering services was recently...
The eThekwini Municipality is set to commission the upgrade of the road infrastructure in the Umhlanga Ridge Town Centre. According to the municipality the upgrade is necessary to support development in the area and address the existing traffic...
Construction on 2 000 housing units in Bardale, Mfuleni have been fast tracked following a meeting between building contractors and officials from the Western Cape Provincial Department f Human settlements. The 12 contractors, assigned by the...
Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu recently handed over a R700 million Housing Project in Marikana, east of Rustenburg, in the North West. According to the department, Minister Sisulu emphasised government’s commitment to provide...
The Department of Human Settlements is expected to launch a biometric system for the N2 Gateway Project to ensure houses are given to and occupied by their rightful owners, says Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu. Minister Sisulu made the...
