MINISTRY OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 828
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 25 JULY 2014
Mr K P Sithole (IFP) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements:
Whether her department has any plans to build proper housing structures in
Kennedy Road informal settlement in Durban; if not, why not; if so, what
are the relevant details? NW915E
REPLY
The Department has plans to build proper housing structures in Kennedy Road
informal settlement in Durban.
The municipality is advanced with the planning process and approvals from
statutory bodies are awaited. Environmental constraints as the informal
settlement is close to landfill sites, grave site and worship sites. The
total yield on the site that is available for development is 321 units.
The house construction will proceed once approval is obtained from the
statutory bodies, including the pending retraction of the instruction to
stop construction by AMAFA (The Heritage Department in KwaZulu Natal). The
municipality has fulfilled AMAFA requirements and notice was given to AMAFA
that work will commence on 1 August 2014 at Dodoma Avenue (Kennedy Road).
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The remaining residents of the settlement will be relocated to other
housing projects in the surrounding areas subject to negotiations with
them.
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