1 3rd edition - january 2016

1Bua Moagi January 2016

Department of Local Government and Human Settlements

3rd edition - January 2016



CONTENTS PAGE

COVER STORY

Government hands over the multi-million rand Marikana Housing Project

NEWS

Youth contractor delivers houses in Kanana, Orkney

Women get their dignity restored through housing

Setsotsokane touches the life of a family of 27 in rural Bona Bona

MEC Nelson on Department’s Annual Report for 2014/2015

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EDITORIAL COMMENTIt gives me a great honour and privilege to present the third edition of Bua Moagi in this financial year. This edition comes at the time when Department had just welcomed our new Acting Executing Authority MEC Wendy Nelson, who is also responsible for the Department of Finance, Economy and Enterprise Development following the resignation of former MEC Collen Maine. Further thereto, this edition reflects on the achievements made during the third quarter.

It is also worth noting that, this quarter was packed by major departmental events, some spearheaded by the National Department of Human Settlements. Such events included Women and Youth Build as a platform to celebrate and empower both women and young people in the construction industry. We also recognize the strides we travelled with regard to the

implementation of revitalisation of mining towns programme in the province, in particular Marikana Ext. 2; we remain the first province in the country to move with speed to change the lives our people since the pronouncement made by the President to revitalize the distressed mining towns.

In tandem with the above, we also had to inject the much needed energy to expedite the provision of service delivery by stabilising our municipalities and ensuring the delivery of quality houses in creating an integrated human settlement as we seek to restore

the dignity of our people. Several houses were also donated, a good gesture displayed by some people from the business community.

Bua Moagi remains the relevant platform to share the good work done by ourselves as Department to our communities and I hope this, will remain worthy read. I thank you

Ben BoleDirector : Media & Communication

Mavis Moseje

THE TEAM

Boitumelo Mosadi Dineo Thapelo Sethugi Sekoboane

Juliet Montsho Thebeetsile Keameditse Chris Motshabi Tebogo Serai

Thato Lesetedi Lerato Modise Michael Morapisi Sello Silo William Motopela



MEC’SOVERVIEW

This third edition of Bua Moagi, gives us another opportunity as #TeamLocalGovernmentAndHumanSettlements to present our service delivery story to you, the residents of The People’s Province of Bokone Bophirima. As indicated before, Bua Moagi remains our strategic platform to reflect on the journey travelled by the Department in the recent months as we push ourselves to the limits to guarantee provision of services and move Bokone Bophirima forward.

I have mentioned that our team in a hashtag intentionally so because this is the language that is understood better by many especially young people because the social media has taken centre stage and as the Department we have embraced these important platforms to communicate our messages and achievements to communities. The Department continue to strive to be more transparent in its dealings hence we decided to embrace facebook, twitter and instagram as our strategic platforms to engage our communities.

Let me take this opportunity to encourage everyone especially young people to visit these important sites and get the latest activities that the Department is embarking on. The advantage of these platforms is that ( facebook and twitter) you will get the news as and when they happen.

Recently we have also seen great gestures displayed by private businesses in the spirit of Saamtrek-Saamwerk as they joined hands with government in changing the lives of our people. Two houses were recently donated and handed over to needy families, something which completely transformed their lives. The dire situations of their families were highlighted during the Setsokotsane implementation programme. Bokone Bophirima will be a better province if more and more of such good Samaritans stand-up to be counted. Indeed the Rebranding, Repositioning and Renewal of our province is well underway.

I thank you.

Hon. Wendy NelsonActiong MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements



HOD’S ADMINISTRATIVE VIEWAs we enter into the last quarter of the financial

year, our service delivery mood is now on a high gear as we seek to deliver all the commitments

we have set for ourselves.

A deserving focus was also given to our municipalities to mitigate service delivery hindrances. The Department in collaboration with the Department of Finance, Economy and Enterprise Development, embarked on the project to assist municipalities with the development of revenue enhancement plan and servicing of their debts, something which has yielded great results in some municipalities.

Further thereto, most municipalities working together with the Development Bank of Southern Africa are in a process of finalising their plans which relate to the development of infrastructure with specific focus on issues of water provision to communities. The Department has further committed itself to strengthen its relations with local municipalities to established programmes which seeks to accelerate water and sanitation interventions in the province.

Mechanism has been put in place to monitor and evaluate municipal Infrastructure Grant expenditure

in our municipalities to improve performance. Such mechanism will also raise early warning sign for intervention towards non expenditure.

The Back to Basics programme that was introduced over a year ago has also gained momentum in ensuring effective, efficient and sustainable service delivery to our communities. We are also embarking on the alternative building methods in order to achieve more with the limited resources at our disposal considering policy on cost containment.

In conclusion, we will like to inform the small and emerging businesses in our province that the Department is pushing towards creating a conducive environment for small enterprises to conduct business by supporting municipalities in reviewing or relaxing municipal by-laws to meet the requirements and needs of Villages, Townships and Small Dorpies(VTSD) without compromising the necessary regulatory and legal prescripts.

Mandla MagwetyanaActing Head of Department



Minister Human Settlements Lindiwe Sisulu together with the Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe , the Premier of North West, Supra

Mahumapelo and the acting North West MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements Wendy Nelson handed over the R159 million Marikana Housing Project in Rustenburg, North West.

Minister Sisulu emphasised that decent homes have to be allocated to the vulnerable groups. “We are happy to be here to hand over houses to the miners but also to the community of Marikana as a whole. We promised to help all 22 mining towns in distress and today we are here to start that journey, Human Settlements is the key driver” added Minister Sisulu.

One of the beneficiaries Dora Diremela (75) has been living with her six children on the surrounding farms for a very long time. “There was no clean water and electricity at the farms, we used to struggle a lot. But now I feel blessed, I will have access to clean water

since I will be living in this beautiful house, my life is complete, my dignity is restored”, said Diremela.

Marikana Housing Project will yield 2600 units upon completion. Presently 544 housing units have been completed in the first pahse of the project. 252 are part of Community Residential Units - CRU and 292 Breaking New Ground houses. The project will also cater for Finance Linked Individual Subsidy Programme (FLISP) and bonded houses.

Rustenburg local municipality will allocate the CRU’s and the BNG’s to the qualifying beneficiaries after the list has been audited and finalized. The Marikana housing project is part of the government’s plan to revitalise of distressed mining communities following the Social Accord which was signed by President Jacob Zuma in October 2012 as a commitment to accelerate efforts to upgrade human settlements in mining towns across the country.

Government hands over the multi-million rand Marikana Housing Project



With effect from the 2016 local government elections, the country will have fewer municipalities –not more than 259 from

the current total of 278. Amalgamation involves the councils of more than one municipality coming together, in this case Tlokwe and Ventersdorp to create a new municipality that will be stronger going forward. The Bokone Bophirima Province has put a number of tools in place to support the two municipal councils through the amalgamation process, including change management technical working teams and political overseer committees. These teams, were put together as early as September, and are currently working tirelessly, attending to basic technical matters to found a new municipality. The technical working teams have already taken stock of the status quo in the two municipalities and have advanced considerably with their work in smoothing

the amalgamation process. This includes, collation and analysis of policies and by-laws of both municipalities with a view of integrating them and consultation with the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) to appoint reputable service providers to draft the organogram for the new municipality, Important decisions will be taken throughout this process and local residents will be consulted on how the new, amalgamated municipality will be governed, how it will function and all other important matters. All important issues will be communicated to residents to ensure that this process becomes as transparent as possible. No one will be disadvantaged by this process of amalgamation and the identity of the people of the two municipalities and their rich history will not be lost.

The Department commits to building one people of Bokone Bophirima – working together -in the spirit of Saamwerk-Saamtrek.

Acting MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements Wendy Nelson, Flanked by Cllr Kgotso Khumalo(right) and Acting chief of staff (left)

Amalgamation of TLokwe and Ventersdorp will be transparent

Youth contractor Thokozane Littler landing a helping hand to Deputy Minister Zoe Kota-Fredericks during the brick laying ceremony.



The Youth Build is intended to:

• Facilitatetheformationofyouthownedentities• Initiatelegalcontractingprocesses,agreementsandarrangementsbetweenyouthcontractors,provinces, municipalities and main contractors• Developanemergingcontractorincubatortrainingandmentorshipprogramme• Facilitate the participation of youth contractors in the Govan Mbeki Human SettlementsAwards and other excellence platforms• Facilitatetheallocationof1976housingstoyouthownedcontractorsperyear.

The Deputy Minister of Human Settlements, Zoe Kota-Fredericks has called on young people to work with government in building quality low

cost houses. Deputy Minister Kota-Fredericks who was accompanied by the Executive Mayor of Matlosana local municipality, Mike Khauoe, said this in Kanana near Orkney at the launch of the Youth Build Programme which also coincided with the handing over of houses which are part of the 115 completed houses built by a youth contractor.

She said the Department of Human Settlements will continue to provide decent quality houses that are accompanied by public amenities. “As government, we want to see young people and women forming cooperatives in order to get access to housing opportunities”, she said.

Thokozane Littler was awarded 187 houses in 2013 and has so far delivered 115 of those due to delays caused by identification of legitimate beneficiaries. Littler, who also won the Best Youth Contractor award during the 2015 Provincial and National Govan Mbeki Housing Awards, said he heeded the call by government to young people to become employers instead of relying on government for employment.

“I took this challenge to heart and heeded the call from government and established my company. Investing in the country’s youth and paying attention to skills development will help the country stay on course to achieving economic growth in the future. The world would prosper if there is a concerted effort to support emerging youth contractors” remarked Thokozane Littler.

Youth contractor delivers houses in Kanana, Orkney

Deputy Minister of Human Settlements, Zoe Kota-Fredericks with the beneficiary of the house.

Executive Mayor of Mahikeng Gosiame Seatlholo cutting the ribbon to the new houses.

Chairperson of SAWIC in the province Connie Modiba together withexecutive Mayor Gosiame Seatlholo with the happy beneficiaries.



Christmas came a bit early for four elderly women in Signal Hill village near Mahikeng after they received fully furnished houses, thanks

to the Department of Local Government and Human Settlements in Bokone Bophirima in partnership with South African Women in Construction (SAWIC).

The four beneficiaries, Anna Mosiane (45), Rossina Kesese (88), Martha Moabankwe (68) and Thoniko Matlho (78) had all been staying appalling conditions with their respective families. Their houses are part of the Women’s Built programme which is responsible facilitating the implementation of the women in human settlements framework that looks at addressing the issues that affect women in human settlements sector by harnessing the resources and putting in place the systems and the processes that will facilitate the empowerment of women contractors

Speaking on behalf of the Acting MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements - Wendy Nelson, the Executive Mayor of Mahikeng, Gosiame Seatlholo said government’s efforts to empower women in construction are yielding positive dividends. “Today we witness the sterling work carried out by SAWIC. The

handing over of these houses, symbolically remains a step in a positive direction’’, she said.

Meanwhile, the Chairperson of SAWIC in the province, Connie Modiba reiterated its SAWIC’s commitment to working with the Department to empower women contractors, through the ‘saam trek, saam werk’ notion. The Department has committed to built at least 1956 houses through SAWIC, in the 2015/2016 financial year. “We are grateful of the support we are getting from government but we still believe they can do more. Women need to play a meaningful role in the industry that is dominated by men” said Modiba.

Women get their dignity restored through housing

“The handing over of these houses, symbolically remains a step in a positive direction’’



Local government communicators discuss heightening communication ahead of next year’s elections With the local government elections imminent,

local government communicators in Bokone Bophirima are pulling all stops to heighten

communication with their constituencies in order to ensure that they are informed about developments in their localities.

The Department of Local Government and Human Settlements recently met with local government communicators across the province in order to tackle critical issues that will enable to do their work diligently, ahead of the elections next year.

Acting Head of Communication in the Province, Brian Setswambung said the meeting was also intended to ensure that communication during the election period was done in well co-ordinated and coherent manner. ‘We have approach a period where our voices as government will be competing against various political parties who will be enticing electorates to vote do for them. As government, our work to deliver services to our communities continues even long after the elections are over. We need to make maximum usage of the relevant communication platforms and this will in turn ensure that communities are more informed and will be more likely not to protest due to lack of information. In this manner, we would be able to bridge the communication gap that exists in

municipalities. New ways of communicating should be used, social media is a platform that municipalities can be used to reach out to the younger generation to encourage them to vote”, he said.

When addressing communicators Acting Deputy Director Internal Communications - Thebeetsile Keameditse, who administers departmental social networks pages, said:”Social media is a new medium through which individuals, businesses, organizations as well as government engages and interacts in this information age. The social networking sites such as facebook and twitter have taken a centre stage and most organisations depend on them to communicate, engage and serve communities. As government we have no choice but to embrace and effectively utilise this important platform especially when we are targeting young people”.

Communicators from different municipalities pose for a group photo.

Communicators listening attentively during the forum.



The Department of Local Government and Human Settlements in Bokone Bophirima led Acting MEC Wendy Nelson continues to push

boundaries in its quest to provide residents in the province with integrated human settlements despite enormous challenges that developers go through during the construction phase.

The department is currently undertaking different housing projects to accelerate housing provision in remote rural areas. One of the contractors Tawana Business Projects was awarded a housing project in May 2014 to deliver 135 emergency houses worth R25 million, in the Kagisano-Molopo local municipality which is 100% rural.

On a daily basis the developer must rise and overcome challenges as they strive to fulfil their contractual obligation of providing decent shelter and reduce housing backlog in impoverished rural communities.

The project was awarded on an emergency basis for a period of six months however the encountered challenges, pushed for the extension of the contract. The allocation per village is too little and it takes several kilometres to travel from one village to the other. The roads are unbearable and they are bumpy

and sandy. During rainy season vehicles especially delivery trucks are unable to move about. The housing beneficiaries are located in over ten villages which include: Kgokgole, Newham, Pembrook, Ericka, Oforo, Esdale, Ethol, Rusten, Bullrand, Veergenog, Pouval, Vragas and Itereleng villages. These villages are scattered, with unbearable sandy road conditions which are a mission especially during rainy season. Water scarcity in the area has also proven to be a major challenge. Kagisano-Molopo Municipality is a water scarce area which has been hit by a heavy draught. Contractors travel distances to get water and in some instances they get water from the rivers, which can accessed through usage of small donkey carts.

In other areas residents complain that contractors load a lot of water which are supposed to be consumed by livestock. Contractors were compelled by buy water @ R1 per litre / R2000.00 to fill 1000 litre tank. In some villages they buy diesel for water pumps to draw water.

A housing beneficiary is also assisting contractors to deal with the water situation. 53 year old Sebokolodi Boutlwanye who survives by getting odd jobs say the only way for him to get his house faster is to get

Bokone Bophirima Overcomes Challenges In Their Housing Provision Journey



involved. “We use donkey carts to fetch water at the river. Vehicles can’t move in some areas or else they will stuck in the sand. It’s my house hence I decided that if I’m not working I must just as well assist” remarked Boutlwanye.

Unbearable roads also pose a huge challenge to contractors. Supplier’s delivery trucks don’t deliver bricks and paint in some areas as bricks get damaged and paint spills over. The premixed mortar can’t be delivered inside the villages as the ground surface is very loose and trucks stuck. Trucks end up dropping breaks in far areas which must be collected and delivered.

With all the challenges encountered managing directors in the project and are of the view this is the most difficult and expensive project to embark on given the location and the conditions in the area they working under. Despite all this, the Department in partnership with these contractors continue to break new grounds all the time and ensure provision of houses

The 135 housing project is to be completed and handed over before Christmas holidays however already there are about 50 families that have since occupied their completed houses.

85 year old Goarabamang Mochwe who stays with her younger sister and two nephews in a hut, is one of the beneficiaries who can’t wait to occupy the houses. Mochwe says she is looking forward to having a better Christmas this year. “I’ve been staying in a hut made out of sticks and mud for a very long time. Whenever it rains heavily we know that we will have to rebuild the hut again because the mud walls will be washed away again. There is no peace in this structure. We are very proud and happy that of our government came to our rescue” said Mochwe

Regardless of all these enormous challenges the contractors are not deterred from ensuring implementation of the social responsibility. Tawana trained young women in the area to become professional painters. The entire project has hired over 162 people in different areas who are going to contribute to the delivery of 135 houses different villages.

In beginning of 2016 the project is to continue in other areas of Kagisano-Molopo municipality to build the other 110 houses in areas such Morokweng; Tseoge; Matlhabatlhabe; Garapipa and Tseng. The project will be confronted with similar hardships as similar conditions prevail.



Setsotsokane touches the life of a family of 27 in rural Bona Bona

Every time it started to rain or the wind blows, Kesentseng Puleng (93) would sit up and pray hard that her make shift shack does not get

washed away by the rain or blown away by the wind. Little did she know that the whirlwind of change, Setsokotsane that engulfed the area of Bona Bona would instead of blowing off her shack, bring her a new house.

Puleng (93) a widow who is also disabled and uses a wheelchair, has been staying in a dilapidated one room shack with her three children and 24 grand children and was identified as a deserving case for an emergency house during the Bokone Bophirima provincial government intensive service delivery programme, Setsokotsane.

The Department subsequently committed to build the house for the family on an emergency basis, however, a good Samaritan, Mercycon Construction and Project which is based in Klerksdorp, got the news of the situation through the departmental social network site and immediately contacted the Department, pledging to build the housing at own expense.

The furnished three bedroomed house consists of a kitchen and lounge, completely tiled on the floor and has a ceiling. To accommodate her wheelchair, both

front and back doors have ramps. Since the area does not have bulk water and sewer connection, Puleng has been built a Ventilated Improved Pit (VIP) which is also user-friendly. Handing over the house to the Puleng family on Monday, on behalf of MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements, Collen Maine, MEC for Social Development, Fenny Gaolaolwe, applauded the contractor for ‘extending a helping hand’ to the less privileged. MEC Gaolaolwe encouraged other businesses to work with government to alleviate poverty and develop the lives of the impoverished.

Rachel Molamu the Director of MercyCon Construction and Projects who also won the best woman contractor in the provincial Govan Mbeki Awards said it was not an easy project as acquiring and delivering material was a hustle as well is getting skilled labour. “The fact that I was ploughing back to a deserving family that kept me going, despite all these and many other challenges”, said Molamu.

Puleng who slept for the first in her new home couldn’t stop thanking the donors and government. Other additional items which were donated include curtains, blankets, carpet, clothes for the family, cutlery, gas stove and were provided with food parcels.

MEC Fenny Gaolaolwe with Kesentseng Puleng and the Mercycon Construction and Project crew who donated a house.



A good Samaritan touches the lives of an impoverished Tsetse village family

The Chief Whip of the Bokone Bophirima Provincial Legislature Hoffman Galeng and Mayor of Mahikeng Local Municipality Gosiame

Seatlholo has appealed to other business people to donate to the poor and assist government in changing the lives of communities. Hoffman Galeng and Mayor Seatlholo handed over a donated house on behalf of Acting MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements Wendy Nelson, to restore the dignity of the Nkweyagae family at Tsetse village outside Mahikeng.

The house was donated by a business person Mr Theo Masie of Tigane Developers and Property Administration as part of social responsibility. Tigane developers is contracted by the department to build 100 housing units in the area. The 12 family members of Nkweyagae (3 children and 8 grandchildren) were living in a one room dilapidated house and the situation would become worse when seven other family members who are staying outside the village visit.

The living conditions were posing a serious threat to health and safety. Now the family is a proud owner of three bed roomed house to the value of R300 000.00

which also has a living room, fitted kitchen and a stove.Nkweyagae said she never hoped that one day her life will change for the did not believe that one. “Even though the living condition in the house bothered me I was somehow used to it. The situation will become terrible duing rainy, cold or windy wearther. I’m very much happy.” Said Nkweyage.



MKLM Councillors graduate in computer training course

Acting MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements Wendy Nelson has congradulated sixty(60) councillors of the Moses Kotane Local

Municipality who received certificates in computer training course at a graduation ceremony that was held recently at Sun City.

“Your computer knowledge and understanding will go a long way in changing the situation in your municipality. This training must be extended to other municipalities so that all councilors must be able to participate in the IT arena” remarked MEC Nelson.Completion of the computer training course is in line with the adopted ICT strategy in Moses Kotane Municipality that seeks to ensure that provision of ICT becomes part of basic services. The strategy which has been developed by the Big Time Strategic Consultants as the implementing agent has seen installation of the municipal ICT Server within its jurisdiction which has been rated amongst the best in the province. Traditional leaders who are in the municipal jurisdiction will be the next to undergo the computer training.

The 60 Councillors who completed the training were

also handed laptops to be able to implement what they have acquired over six months period.In replying on behalf of graduates, Clr Thomas Manganye thanked the municipality under leadership of Mayor Fetsang Mokati-Thebe. “The investment will remain with us because of our passion. We must challenge ourselves to take this to the next level,” said Manganye.

MKLM Mayor Fetsang Mokati-Thebe said the municipality has delivered in ensuring that all councilors are computer literate. Our next council meeting should be paperless as we will be using our new laptops. We can now connect to the world through Internet and social networks,” said Mayor Mokati-Thebe.

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The implementation of the local government back to basics strategy and the goal to turn Bokone Bophirima into a construction site,

were the guiding ideals informing the work of the Department, for 2014/2015 financial year. This is according to Acting MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements, Wendy Nelson when she tabled the Department Annual report.

MEC Nelson said creating functional municipalities, incentivising of performing municipalities, promoting human dignity through adequate housing as well as job creation, through accelerated construction projects, were the pillars upon which the Department’s focus was anchored.

’’At the commencement of the fifth administration, we set for ourselves the task to revolutionize and bring a new sense of service delivery urgency to our public servants. We embarked on a journey to bring

in a paradigm shift that would implant bureaucracy as part of fast tracking transformation, through our Bokone Bophirima service delivery vehicle of Setsokotsane. The implementation of our provincial priorities were inspired and driven by the pursuit for radical socio-economic transformation, with a special focus on villages, township and small dorpies (VTSD) economies and its central role in taking Bokone Bophirima Province forward’’, she said.

‘Whilst we acknowledge that much more still need to be done, our track record remains our inspiration and a beacon of hope towards the achievement of clean audits. Our focus is currently on enhancing key areas of internal controls, ensuring compliance with rules and regulations, boosting financial management capacity and implementing audit action plans’, remarked MEC Nelson.

MEC Nelson on Department’s Annual Report for 2014/2015

From left: Acting Chief Director Local Governance Botlhale Mofokeng and Director Comunications Ben Bole

From right: Chief Financial Officer Mandla Magwetyana, Director FinanceIsraelMokgwammeandothermanagerofthedepartment



Department steps in to co-ordinate support after damages caused by heavy rains The Department of Local Government and

Human Settlements in Bokone Bophirima has moved swiftly to co-ordinate humanitarian

relief for families whose houses and belongings were destroyed by torrential rains and hail storm in Ngaka Modiri Molema district. The Department is working with different stakeholders in the province, i.e. The South African Red Cross Society , South African Social Security (SASSA), Department of Social Development, Ngaka Modiri Molema district and affected local municipalities to address the situation. The South African Red Cross Society and SASSA distributed food parcels, blankets and also provided social relief distress grant to affected families.

Affected areas are Mahikeng, Ditsobotla and Tswaing local municipalities where shacks have been blown away, formal structures’ roof damaged and window panes damaged.

Acting MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements, Wendy Nelson said the Department

through the Provincial Disaster Management Centre (PMDC) assisted by other relevant stakeholders including Community Development Workers, attended cases which were reported and made the necessary arrangements to make the lives of those affected, less unbearable.

“Whilst the PMDC is currently sourcing temporary shelter as well as make arrangements for the repair of damaged shacks and houses, but we would like to urge those who can afford to rebuild their houses to do so such that we can concentrate on those that have been adversely affected”, said MEC Nelson.

Meanwhile, other incidents that have been reported in Bojanala platinum district in Kgetleng, Moretele, Madibeng local municipalities include broken window panes, a house that has collapsed and early learning centre that was destroyed by strong winds. “Bojanala Platinum district municipality manged to provide the necessary humanitarian relief to affected families and will continue to monitor the situation’’, said MEC Nelson.



Deputy-Minister of Human Settlements Zoe Kota-Fredericks has highly praised the Bokone Bophirima Department of Local

Government and Human Settlements for the successful implementation of the multi-million rand Marikana Housing project which is at its stages of finality. Deputy Minister Kota-Frederick, who was accompanied by Deputy Minister of Labour Phatekile Holomisa, visited the construction site to inspect progress on the much awaited project which is to house over 550 families.

The Department appointed two contractors to build 12 blocks of Community Residential Units (CRU) and 292 Breaking New Ground (BNG) houses to the of R159 million at Marikana Ext 2.

Minister Zoe-Kota sang songs of praise for Department on the work done thus far. “I must say the work done here is very much impressive. It is of good quality and

high class. This is one of the most remarkable housing projects the department has embarked on to revitalize mining towns. We can’t wait to come and hand over the project’’.

Currently CRU’s in the form of six blocks of flats have been completed and are ready for occupation. The other six blocks will be completed by the end of December. The CRU’s will house 252 families. 292 BNG’s are expected to be completed by the end of January 2016. Currently Eskom is busy connecting electricity to the project.

Marikana housing project is part of government’s initiative to revitalise old mining towns by developing integrated and sustainable human settlements to address huge housing backlog. The project is taking place on the 50 hectares of land donated by Lonmin.

Marikana housing project gets the thumbs up

Deputy Minister of Human Settlements Zoe Kota-Fredericks (purple dress) surrounded by Director Housing Development in Muzi Mashabane and Youth Contractor – Tumelo Andisa during the project inspection.

Four of the completed blocks of Community Residential Units – CRU’s



For more information contact FLISP Information Centre:

0860 011 011 [email protected] www.nhfc.co.za

Are you a first-time homebuyer? Government offers you a housing subsidy to reduce or supplement your approved home loan, making it possible for you to afford your own home!To be considered for a FLISP subsidy, you must:• have pre-approved home loan from a South African lender• have a monthly household income of between R3 501 and R15 000• be acquiring a residential property that is worth R300 000 or less• never have benefitted from a government housing subsidy scheme before• be a South African citizen or legal permanent resident• be at least 18 years old and competent to legally contract• married/divorced/co-habiting/single with financial dependants

FLISP is a Government Housing Subsidy enabling first-time homeownership. NHFC is the implementing agent of FLISP.

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