a) In 2021, the National Department of Human Settlements and its sector partners (Provinces and Municipalities) took a decision to unblock all blocked projects over a period of three financial years, namely, 2022/23 – 2024/25. A blocked or incomplete project is defined as: A project where no delivery progress has been made for a period of 12 months following the first payment to the contractor. The blocked or incomplete projects include serviced sites and houses at different levels of construction namely, slab level, wall-plate level, roof level, etc.
Factors that usually lead to human settlements projects being blocked are;
As at April 2023, the Eastern Cape Province had identified 79 blocked and incomplete projects. From the 79 projects, a total of 11 have been unblocked and the balance is 68.
From the 68 remaining blocked and incomplete projects, the Ngqushwa and Emalahleni Local Municipalities both account for 2 projects in the approved 2023/24 Business Plan of the Eastern Cape Province- See table below
Table 1: Blocked Projects in the 2023 /2024 Business Plan to be unblocked
No. |
Project Name |
DM |
LM |
Peddie - Mphekweni 500 subs |
Amathole |
Ngqushwa |
|
Lady Frere 715 |
Chris Hani |
Emalahleni |