Charles Standers, Executive Mayor of George, recently pointed out that George Municipality is one of the only local authorities in the country that managed to provide basic services to all of the inhabitants living in informal settlements well...
Human Settlements Deputy Minister Zoliswa Kota-Fredericks says the National Youth Service Model, adopted by government, seeks to work together with communities in providing structured learning and the individual development of young people. Deputy...
According to a recent report it appears that eThekwini Municipality’s human settlements department is R3.9 billion in the red. The report states that the department has not aligning its grants with the city’s housing infrastructure programme. Even...
Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says her department will work even harder to maintain solid relationships with the building industry in order to put roofs over the heads of millions of South Africans. Speaking on the first day of the...
Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has promised a new way in the delivery of housing. Sisulu was presenting her 100 days programme to the Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements, aimed at laying the basis for the acceleration of 1.5 million...
Addressing the South African Women in Construction (SAWIC) policy conference, Minister of Human Settlements Lindiwe Sisulu announced that 30% of all human settlements projects with a rand value of over R35 billion of the R150 billion projected...
The Department of Human Settlements plans to build 1.5 million houses in partnership with the private sector, all stakeholders and communities, over the next five years. “South Africa is about to become the biggest construction site in Africa and...
The sanitation, maintenance and security services at the Diepkloof hostel in Soweto have returned to normal. Residents protested this week after services at the hostel were cut off following the expiry of the contracts for contractors providing the...
Transport Minister Dipuo Peters and deputy human settlements minister Zou Kota Fredericks are in Lwandle outside Cape Town this evening. It was the scene of violence on Monday when a SANRAL obtained eviction order was being carried out. SANRAL owns...
