TO:  ALL MEDIA

DATE: 10 October 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HUMAN SETTLEMENTS COMMITTEE HOLDS STAKEHOLDER MEETING FOR DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE UPDATE TO PHUMULA EXT:21 & TSWAING LEADERS

The Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements has invited community leaders from Phumula Ext: 21 and Tswaing in Tshwane to a meeting where the Gauteng Department of Human settlements will provide feedback regarding the finalization of two projects.

The Department will report on the following matters:

TSWAING

  • The dispute currently in arbitration between the Department and the service provider for incomplete work in Tswaing.
  • The commitment made by the City to fund the construction of bulk services in Tswaing.

PHUMULA EXT:21

  • Engagements between the Department and the Legal Aid Board to provide legal assistance for the suspension of eviction orders in Phumula Ext 21.
  • Engagements with the Municipality to assist with the registration of municipal services in Phumula Ext 21; and
  • The finalization of title deeds in Phumula Ext 21.

The meeting is a follow-up to the one held on 26 September 2023 at Silverstar Hotel, where the Department presented updated reports to the Committee. Community leaders of Tswaing and Phumula Ext 21 will be afforded an opportunity to ask questions to the Department on progress to-date in addressing their concerns.

Members of the media are invited to cover the meeting scheduled as follows:

Date & time:   17 October 2023 @ 11am to 1pm

Venue: Gauteng Provincial Legislature, Committee Room C

ISSUED BY THE GPL’S MEDIA SERVICES ON BEHALF OF THE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON:

HON. ALPHINA NDLOVANA

For more information or interview queries, please contact: Mr Skhumbuzo Mfusi on 060 532 4753 or email: smfusi@gpl.gov.za