I agree, hon member. We want to have streets and build homes instead of dormitories, because the houses that we have already built now are dormitories.
We want to build in such a way that people can do gardening, and for children to have playgrounds ...]
... in a community, which is not what we have at the moment.
Ndiyawuvuyela kakhulu lo mbuzo, mhle ngoba uchaphazela kanye kanye umba wokuba negama lesebe libe litshintshile ukusuka kwelezeZindlu laba leloBonelelo ngeeNdawo zokuHlala. Sifuna ukuba kube kuhle apho sihamba khona, hayi ukuba izitalato zethu zibe mxinwa ngoko zisokole izithuthi. Asiyifuni into enjalo, sifuna ukuba kube kuhle apho sikhoyo; nathi sifane nabanye abantu. (Translation of isiXhosa paragraph follows.)
[I am very pleased with this question. It is good because it involves the very same issue of name change for the department, from the Department of Housing to the Department of Human Settlements. We want our places to be beautiful, and not to have narrow streets that will make it difficult for vehicles to be driven. We do not want that kind of a situation; we want our places to be beautiful and to be like those other people.]
Position regarding measures to curb fraud and corruption in allocation of houses
25. Mr M P Sibande (ANC) asked the Minister of Human Settlements:
(1) Whether he has engaged the provinces on implementing measures to curb fraud and corruption in the allocation of houses to communities; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) how many government officials have been (a) dismissed or (b) arrested on reports or allegations of being involved in fraud and corruption in the allocation of houses in the provinces?