MINISTRY FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 14
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 11 FEBRUARY 2016
Mr K P Sithole (IFP) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements:
Whether her department will conduct an investigation on the unfinished RDP
houses which were built in 2007 in Tonosa, nearly a decade after the
specified houses were constructed? NW14E
REPLY:
My department has commenced with conducting an investigation into the
matter of unfinished low-income houses, built in Lakeside Extension 4 (Ward
40/Tonosa) in Emfuleni Local Municipality, Gauteng Province.
The National Home Builders Registration Council has been requested to
conduct in loco inspections on properties which were constructed as part of
this project, particularly the affected incomplete houses.
We have also requested the Gauteng Provincial Department of Human
Settlements to furnish my department with a detailed report on the status
of this project, particularly its implementation; quality of houses built
and any intervention measures put in place to deal with allegations of poor
workmanship and completion of houses.
Once this work has been completed, I will be provided with a report which
will shed light on what happened to the project that the Honourable members
is referring to.
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