The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:
a) I have been informed by the Department that:
(i) hospitals and/or former hospital buildings, and
(ii) Warehouses, belonging to the Government that are not in use in each province, can be best dealt with by the National and Provincial Departments of Health.
(iii) residential buildings belonging to the Government that are not in use in each province are listed on the table below:
PROVINCE |
NUMBER OF PROPERTIES |
EASTERN CAPE |
46 |
FREE STATE |
14 |
GAUTENG |
32 |
KWAZULU NATAL |
17 |
MPUMALANGA |
14 |
LIMPOPO |
63 |
NORTHERN CAPE |
16 |
NORTH WEST |
17 |
WESTERN CAPE |
40 |
(b) The unutilised properties listed were handed back to DPWI by various User Departments as they are no longer required. Most of the properties are not in a habitable state.
(c) The Department intends to re-allocate the unutilised properties to other socio-economic objectives of government such as Gender-Based Violence and Femicide shelters and rental to interested tenants/Investors for revenue generation.