Government to open a new residential settlement in Butterworth
Minister of Human Settlements Ms Connie September and MEC for Human Settlements, Safety and Liaison, Helen Sauls-August, will on Friday 14 March 2014 hand over houses to beneficiaries in Butterworth, Eastern Cape.
The Siyanda New Rest has 376 units built for former shack dwellers in the area and of these, 100 will be handed over to deserving benefi ciaries on the day. The project has been built through the Department of Human Settlements’ Informal Settlements Upgrading Programme aimed at providing shack dwellers with adequate housing and access to proper sanitation and other basic services.
The Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements, through this programme, has reduced the housing backlog in the province from 750 854 in 2001 to 606 616 in 2011.
The media is invited to capture the handover to be held as follows:
Date: 14 March 2014
Venue: Siyanda New Rest, Butterworth
Time: 10h00
Enquiries:
Lwandile Sicwetsha
Cell: 07 1 6711770
Tel: 043 711 9611
