The North West Department of Human Settlements, Public Safety and Liaison will in a week's time deploy a team of inspectors in Ventersdorp Local Municipality to assess allegations of shoddy work done by contractors on RDP houses, constructed in areas such as Boikhutsong, Boikhutso, Welgevonden, Goedgevoden and other nearby areas where the department builds houses.
Speaking during the feedback meeting with the communities from villages around the Municipality, MEC Maloyi said a pre-assessment that was conducted on the houses at certain villages has proved that houses built are sub-standard. “The good thing about these houses is that this project is enrolled with the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) and those houses are under guarantee. That means government will not be spending money to rectify such mistakes.”
“After the assessment has been done, the contractors will have to come back on site and do rectification based on the finding of assessment,” said Maloyi.
MEC further made a plea to the communities where a geo-tech was conducted and detected a dolomite and identified as a high risk area to cooperate with the department and be moved to neighbouring villages.
“We are going to conduct another geo-tech investigation in other neighbouring villages and identify where we can build houses for those living in a high risk area and that does not mean government is taking their land from them, they can still use the land for ploughing and as grazing field for their livestock,” concluded Maloyi.
The feedback meeting followed the recent meeting with the department and the Department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs and the affected communities after they barricaded the R30 road between Ventersdorp and Rustenburg with stones and burning tyres protesting about lack of service delivery and the quality of houses built in those villages.
Enquiries:
Simon Lesolang Mmope, Acting Departmental Spokesperson
Tel: 018 388 4826
Cell: 082 574 7621
E-mail: smmope@nwpg.gov.za
