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MEDIA ADVISORY

TO: ALL MEDIA

DATE: 08 JUNE 2022 

More destitute Bizana families to benefit from rural housing project

East London——- Deputy Minister of Human Settlements, Pam Tshwete, together with the Eastern Cape MEC for Human Settlements, Nonceba Kontsiwe, will officially handover new homes to destitute families at Ludeke in Bizana under Winnie Madikizela Local Municipality on 09 June 2022. 

In 2015 the Eastern Provincial Department of Human Settlements launched a rural housing project to deliver 1000 housing units which have since been increased to 1008 at a cost of R134 million. The addition of 8 houses is informed by the discovery of destitute households, mainly elderly who are in desperate need of a shelter. 

The Department prioritises the destitute and vulnerable groups including the elderly, disabled, child-headed housesholds and military veterans, by providing them with decent quality homes.

DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

DATE:          09 June 2022

TIME:           12h00

VENUE:       Ludeke, Ward 4, Bizana

Enquiries:

Yanga Funani: 078 348 0099, spokesperson to the MEC or Mandulo Mandulo: 082 099 7699, Acting Head of Communication for National Department of Human Settlements

Issued by the Department of Human Settlements