The South African Human Rights Commission must be commended for stepping up to block the transfer of 49 properties, including the Good Hope Centre, that the City of Cape Town sought to dispose of in February.
Minister of Human Settlements Thembi Simelane has ordered the City of Cape Town to halt its proposed sale to a private developer of a valuable piece of land acquired nine years ago with funds meant to relieve severe congestion in Dunoon.
GOOD Saldanha Bay Councillor and Mayoral Committee Member (MMC) for Infrastructure and Planning Services at Saldanha Bay Municipality, Ricardo Winston van der Merwe, has officially handed over 43 new homes to beneficiaries in the Louwville 155 Housing Project, Ward 13.
In compliance with the Constitutional Court's order in the Tafelberg matter, the Premier of the Western Cape and the Mayor of Cape Town have filed reports under oath detailing progress (or lack thereof) in the delivery of affordable housing in well-located areas.
The City of Cape Town has confirmed in response to an application under the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) that it used special funds earmarked to build homes for poor people to pay for a piece of land in Milnerton which it is now selling for a R71m profit to a private developer.
Today the Democratic Alliance leader, and Mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis, reannounced the release of the Salt River Market site to Communicare for a mixed-income development, including social and affordable housing.
With two weeks left to report to the Constitutional Court on its “management” of the affordable housing crisis in Cape Town, the Mayor is talking up a storm about densifying the Southern Suburbs, with no actual plans in place, while the City has quietly signed an eight-year lease extension for King David Mowbray Golf Club.
The GOOD Party in Drakenstein is demanding immediate action from the DA-led administration to unlock the electrification of Bakka Informal Settlement, where approximately 45 families continue to live without access to electricity despite a solution having been identified months ago.
Conradie Park was meant to be the proof of concept. The Minister has just given us the brochure. I would like to give this House the tenancy agreement.
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde and Mayor of Cape Town Geordin Hill-Lewis say the province’s 680 000 housing backlog, and increasing unaffordability, are products of inward migration due to their superb management.