The days of building small and sporadic housing projects of about 100 to 200 units will soon be gone. Such small scale projects, normally far from economic opportunities and transport infrastructure, do not make a meaningful dent in addressing the housing backlog in Gauteng.
Addressing the Human Settlements Lekgotla on Friday, Premier David Makhura expressed the need to modernise human settlements by turning to catalytic mega housing projects which should yield no less than 15 000 housing units per project. These mega housing projects will be well planned and coordinated across Gauteng and should be located within economically active areas that are also well connected to transport infrastructure.
This two day 7 and 8 November 2014 Lekgotla has brought together all leaders within the Human Settlements sector in Gauteng (including Rand Water and Eskom) to map a high impact provincial housing programme intended to change the housing landscape in Gauteng. Key among the deliberations is plans for the implementation of new mega projects, acceleration of housing delivery, formalisation and eradication of informal settlements, improving access to all forms of housing products across all income groups, and regeneration of old townships.
In order to share the outcomes of the Lekgotla and plans for the future of human settlements in Gauteng, MEC Jacob Mamabolo invites to you to the media briefing.
Details of the media briefing are as follows:
Date: 10 November 2014
Venue: Emoyeni Conference Centre, 15 Jubilee Road, Parktown
Time: 10h00
For more information and RSVP contact:
Motsamai Motlhaolwa
Cell: 079 897 2240
