Hon Speaker, social housing projects are an integral part of the ANC government's quest to enhance racial integration. Therefore work has been ongoing to ensure that new settlements are more nonracial and involve the creation of mixed-income communities in cities and towns across the country. The ANC welcomes the official launch of the Southernwood Square Social Housing Project in East London on Tuesday, 14 February 2012 when the Minister of Human Settlements, Tokyo Sexwale, reaffirmed the ANC's objective that the ultimate goal of social housing projects is to, amongst other things, create nonracial cities and towns across the country.
The Southernwood Square Social Housing Project includes a nine-storey building at the centre of the central business district, CBD, consisting of 249 units, and is close to all socioeconomic amenities.
There are 57 bachelor flats, 78 one-bedroomed flats and 114 two-bedroomed flats. The project caters for households earning between R2 500 and R7 500 per month.
Social housing projects are fundamental in catering for people from all walks of life and a good opportunity to achieve greater racial integration, as well as dealing with the ever-growing number of people flocking to the urban areas to look for jobs and study opportunities.
This project is in line with the ANC's vision of building united and nonracial communities, locating them closer to work and other economic opportunities than has generally been done in the past. Thank you. [Applause.]