MINISTRY OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES (NCOP)
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 184
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 17 OCTOBER 2014
Mr H B Groenewald (DA-NW) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements:
(1) Whether the R870 000 that was promised by her department in April
2014 for emergency housing in Barbara Street in Loerie (EC 108) has
been made available to Kouga Municipality; if not, why not; if so, (a)
what is the name of the contractor appointed to provide the emergency
housing, (b) how many units will be erected, (c) what is the deadline
for the completion of the units and (d) what are the further relevant
details;
(2) whether any additional funding has been made available for (a) bulk
services for these units and (b) upgrading the sewerage system for
Loerie where raw sewerage runs into streams on both sides of the
village; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
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REPLY
(1)&(2) My Department has advised me that it is not aware of the
undertaking to provide R870Â 000 for the emergency housing in Barbara
Street in Loerie. Further, the Eastern Cape Province has also
indicated that the Provincial Department of Human Settlements had
never received a request from Loerie (Kouga Municipality) requesting
temporal shelters nor permanent structures.
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