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MEDIA ADVISORY<\/p>\n
TO ALL MEDIA<\/p>\n
FOR IMMEDIATE USE<\/p>\n
23 August 2023<\/p>\n
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DISASTER HIT KSD FAMILIES RECEIVE NEW HOUSES FROM HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROJECT<\/strong><\/p>\n The dignity of disaster hit families will be restored when MEC for Human Settlements, Honourable Siphokazi Lusithi, officially hands over a newly completed house to an elderly woman in Mqanduli under the King Sabata Dalindyebo (KSD) Local Municipality on Friday, 25 August 2023.<\/p>\n The house forms part of a running project which is an intervention to a disaster and will benefit 362 families in the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality. The KSD 362 Destitute Project currently has 299 completed houses helping many families rebuild their lives. \u00a0<\/p>\n Mama Ntonga Notshu who is 84 years old is one of the beneficiaries of the project. She is currently staying in a dilapidated mud structure with her family and dependent on the social grant.<\/p>\n The Department responds to disasters through its Emergency Housing Programme that aims to assist disaster hit communities.<\/p>\n The handover precedes the Premier\u2019s Imbizo to be held on Saturday, 26 August 2023 in the OR Tambo District Municipality.<\/p>\n Members of the media are invited to the house handover to be held as follows:<\/p>\n DATE: \u00a0<\/strong>FRIDAY, 25 AUGUST 2023<\/p>\n VENUE: \u00a0<\/strong>GENGQE, MQANDULI<\/p>\n TIME: <\/strong>10H00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n ENDS.<\/p>\n Confirmations contact Phiwokuhle Soga, 076\u00a08044292, PhiwokuhleS@ecdhs.gov.za<\/a><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n