1. (a) The Department of Public Works and Transport – Western Cape has informed, SASSA Western Cape that they will be undertaking renovation on the state owned building.
Previously when the first phase of maintenance was implemented, the office was temporarily vacated and relocated to the Women in Action office in Eerste Rivier.
Currently SASSA has signed a lease agreement for a site in Khayelitsha known as Bikitsha. Services will be rendered from this site.
SASSA is further engaging with the City of Cape Town for the rental of the Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading (VPUU) programme sites that have already been renovated and are fit for occupation in Harare; Khayelitsha Resource Centre, Kuyasa Library and City of Cape Town halls. These sites will enable the services to remain in Khayelithsa.
SASSA has contacted the Sub Council 10 to assist with identifying alternative accommodation, and engagements with VPUU management are being made to with them before end of June 2022.
The Bikitsha site was a planned additional site for services to be delivered in Khayelitsha
SASSA will incur costs for the following: