Bay Executive Mayor sign MOU to fast track the implementation of Zanemvula
Human Settlement Project
13 July 2007
National Housing Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, Provincial Housing MEC, Toko Xasa
and the Executive Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, Nondumiso Maphazi will sign a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to begin a partnership that will fast track
the implementation of the Zanemvula Human Settlement project in Nelson Mandela
Bay.
Among the key elements of the MOU is the deployment of a national task team
and the appointment of Thubelisha Homes, a specialist project management
vehicle of the Ministry of Housing to partner with the Nelson Mandela Bay
Municipality to unblock and fast track delivery.
With almost 20 000 houses providing accommodation to almost 100 000 people
built with both social and economic amenities, Zanemvula Human Settlement
Project is the biggest housing project in the Eastern Cape and one of the
biggest inclusionary housing projects in the country. The project has a capital
investment of more than R1 billion.
Details of the signing ceremony are as follows:
Date: Monday, 16 July 2007
Time: 09h30 for 10h00
Venue: Protea Marine Hotel, Marine Drive, Nelson Mandela Bay
Enquiries:
Teboho Montse
Cell: 082 886 6721
Phumlani Mdolomba
Cell: 072 583 4550
Roland Williams
Cell: 079 490 0009
Issued by: Department of Housing
13 July 2007
