The ANC-led government will continue to protect and strengthen the gains made over the past 15 years, the creation of an integrated, nonracial society, by providing a variety of housing options on well-located land, which facilitates access to social amenities and economic opportunities. The department therefore needs to provide all necessary socioeconomic infrastructure to create integrated communities.
The concept of human settlement also assures that the migrant labour system and the single-sex hostels, which have further contributed to the disruption of family life and social cohesion, are addressed.
After 1994, the government introduced a hostel upgrading programme with the objective of turning dormitory-type migrant worker hostel compounds into integrated villages suitable for family living. They expressed the need for affordable accommodation options, not limited to family units as originally envisaged, but ranging from single rooms to apartments for sub-letting and sharing as well.
This has been a slow process and needs to be accelerated in order to improve the living conditions of approximately one million hostel dwellers in South Africa.
I-ANC ithi kuyokwakhiwa izindlu eduze kwalapho abantu besebenza khona ukuze bangakhokhi imali eningi uma beya noma bebuya emisebenzini. Futhi kukhona uhlelo lokwakha umphakathi ophephile onezinkundla ezanele zokudlala imidlalo eyahlukahlukene; izindawo zokukhonzela kulabo-ke abaya emasontweni; izindawo zokuzijabulisa nokuthuthukiswa kwamakhono ukuze intsha igcineke kahle ingangeni ezenzweni zobugebengu.
Ukuthuthukiswa kwamadolobha kanye nezindawo zokuthenga kufanele kwakhiwe eduze kwalapho abantu behlala khona. Kungakhiwa izindawo zokuthenga kude ngoba kuthatha isikhathi eside ukuba abantu bafinyelele kuzo; ngiyazi ukuthi nabantu besilisa bayaya kodwa ikakhulukazi abantu besifazane kubathatha isikhathi eside ukuthi basuke lapho behlala khona bayothenga emadolobheni akude kakhulu.
Uma singakwazi ukuwasondeza lapho behlala khona bangakwazi ukuba imadlana encane abanayo bayisebenzisele ukondla imindeni yabo kunokuba bakhokhele ezokuthutha beya lapho besuke beyothenga khona.
Siyathemba ukuthi sisonke Ngqongqoshe, siyokwakha imiphakathi enozwelo, ukubambisana kanye nokunakekela labo esakhelene nabo. Kungumsebenzi wawo wonke Amalungu ePhalamende akhona ukuthi noma yikuphi lapho sikhona kufanele sikwazi ukusebenzisana nabantu bakithi. (Translation of isiZulu paragraphs follows.)
[The ANC is saying that houses will be built close to the places where our people are employed so that they should not spend so much money on transport taking them to and from work. And there is also a programme for building a sound community with enough stadiums where different disciplines of sport will be played; where there will be enough space for places of worship for those who are churchgoers; and also recreation and skills development centres for the youth to be kept safe so that they do not become involved in criminal activities.
The development of towns and shopping malls must be built close to where the people are staying. Shopping malls must not be built far from where the people are staying because it takes time for them to reach those places. I know that even men go to these places, but it usually takes women a long time to get from their homes to these faraway towns to go and do their shopping. If we can get these places closer to where the people are staying, they will be able to use the meagre amount of money they have to feed their families instead of using it on transport which takes them to where they will buy what they need.
We hope that all of us, hon Minister, are going to build compassionate communities that are co-operative and that are able to take care of their neighbours. It is the duty of all the present Members of Parliament to be able to work with our people wherever we are.]