MEC for Housing Mrs Nombulelo Mabandla is visiting housing projects in Cala and Lady Frere today. The purpose of the visit is to engage contractors, municipalities on unblocking jammed projects in these areas.
The MEC will ascertain the extent of intervention needed to unblock and fast track the delivery of houses in the province. She will be accompanied by top management including Head of Department; Ms Nandi Sishuba. She will also meet with the national intervention task team sent by national government to assist in fast tracking housing delivery in the province. On Friday, she will visit housing projects in Cofimvaba.
The projects are under construction and others are resuscitated using the emerging contractors. The MEC will address emerging contractors of Cala and Elliot projects.
She will also visit 302 units under the rectification programme in Cala. During the visits she will also interact with regional housing officials as part of accentuating fast tracking of housing delivery in the province.
The visit is part of the MEC verification programme aimed at assessing progress on housing projects throughout the province.
Enquiries:
Lwandile Sicwetsha
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Issued by: Department of Human Settlement, Eastern Cape Provincial Government
13 August 2009
