MINISTRY OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 487
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 11 JULY 2014
Mr C H H Hunsinger (DA) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements:
With reference to the visit of the Deputy Minister of Human Settlements, Ms
Z A Kota-Fredericks to Chatsworth in Swartland Municipality during April
2013, where commitments were made to transfer a portion of land adjacent to
Chatsworth to the Swartland Municipality within 2 months, (a) why has this
transfer not taken place and (b) when will this transfer be undertaken?
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REPLY
(a) The property was transferred to the Housing Development Agency (HDA)
on 4 June 2014. The HDA is one of the Human Settlements entities and it
was established to identify, acquire and manage the release of land and
development of land for human settlement developments;
(b) The property will be released to the Swartland Municipality as soon
as an agreement with the release conditions has been concluded between
the two relevant parties. It is anticipated that the release process
will be completed before the end of the current calendar year.
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