Successful human settlement projects implemented in various regions of the province won top awards at the Provincial Govan Mbeki Awards held in East London today and will now compete for national honours at the national awards to be held later this year.
Ebenezer 1000 project in Mbizana won the best rural housing project; Sunny South in Buffalo City won the best farm residents category; Walmer Gqeberha 189 won the award for best integrated residential development project. Thembelihle-Manyano won the provincial award for best informal settlements upgrading project. The other winners were:
- Siyanda New Rest project in in Mnquma: Best Greening
- Needs Camp in BCMM for best enhanced people’s housing process
- Fairview link in the Nelson Mandela Metro won the best social housing project
- Best women contractor was won by L&R
- Best Youth Contractor for building houses in Chatty went to Nyelezi Trading.
The awards are held to honour the late Govan Mbeki. The purpose of the Govan Mbeki awards is to promote and inculcate a culture of excellence within the Human Settlement sector in the delivery of quality human Settlements and dignity to South Africans.
The awards encourage all stakeholders in the sector to respond systematically and foster the entrenchment of spatial patterns across all geographic scales that exercabate social inequality and economic efficiency.
Winners of the Provincial category will represent the Province in the national awards.
In Previous national awards, the province won numerous awards for best informal settlements upgrading (Second Creek), Best Rural (Dutywa) and best social housing projects.
“The Provincial Govan Mbeki awards marks a penultimate period for the department as it gives us an opportunity to assess our progress in delivering quality human settlements development to our people whilst recognising outstanding work of individual contractors, municipalities, projects and human settlements students.
The awards, should therefore continue to adhere and uphold the noble ideas and convictions of the late Govan Mbeki whose contribution to the freedom of this country is impeccable, said MEC for Human Settlements Ms Helen Sauls-August.
Enquiries:
Lwandile Sicwetsha
Cell: 043 711 9679
E-mail: lwandiles@ecdhs.gov.za
