The EC Department of Human Settlements won three top awards at the 2015 National Govan Mbeki Awards, a nationally recognised accolade of excellence in the provision of human settlements.
The awards, which celebrate the life of the struggle icon Govan Mbeki, were held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre last night on 13 August 2015.
The department’s Dutywa 753 project won the first prize for Best Rural Project while the Zanemvula Chatty 1380 Phase 3 in Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality won the Best Priority Project. Adding to those achievements, the Eastern Cape Province won the first prize for Social Housing for Fairview Link in Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality.
The province also won second place for the Best Informal Settlements Upgraded project for Siyanda New Rest 363 in Butterworth and for the Best Contractor in the Non- Subsidy Market.
All provinces within the Human Settlements sector compete against each other to promote best practice in the delivery of the core mandate including Outcome 8 Deliverables (Accelerating Housing Opportunities, Access to Basic Services, Improve Property Market, and Efficient Utilisation of State Land). The competing projects won at their various provincial awards, which then qualified them to the national competition.
The Awards also help promote excellence within the Human Settlements sector in the delivery of quality human Settlements and dignity to South Africans.
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Lwandile Sicwetsha
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