More than 10 000 RDP houses for Lim

In an effort by the Limpopo provincial government to provide shelter to poor people, 10 500 new RDP houses will be built this financial year.

During the State of the Province address in the Limpopo Legislature in Lebowakgomo on Tuesday, Premier Stan Mathabatha referred to the Back-to-Basics programme as launched by Pres Jacob Zuma last year and added that the principle that there shall be housing for all, must be implemented without delay. He said that nobody could deprive poor people of the opportunity to have a roof over their heads.

According to him, for the past 21 years of democracy, in Limpopo alone, the province had built 300 000 houses, benefitting about 1.4 million households.

“There is no doubt that the concept of integrated human settlement has indeed begun to take shape. We regret the late appointment of contractors for the houses which were to be built in this current financial year. This was due to the introduction a procurement pilot project that the section 100 administrators wanted to implement in Limpopo, a decision which has since been reconsidered."

Date:27 February 2015

By: Silas Nduvheni

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