{"id":103068,"date":"2024-12-12T16:40:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T14:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecdhs.gov.za\/?p=103068"},"modified":"2024-12-12T16:40:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T14:40:07","slug":"eastern-cape-department-of-human-settlements-speeds-up-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecdhs.gov.za\/index.php\/2024\/12\/12\/eastern-cape-department-of-human-settlements-speeds-up-delivery\/16\/40\/","title":{"rendered":"EASTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS SPEEDS UP DELIVERY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ALEXANDRIA-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-103069\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ALEXANDRIA-1024x682.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ALEXANDRIA-300x200.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ALEXANDRIA-768x512.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ALEXANDRIA-391x260.jpg 391w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ALEXANDRIA-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ALEXANDRIA-1080x720.jpg 1080w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ALEXANDRIA-1280x853.jpg 1280w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ALEXANDRIA-980x653.jpg 980w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ALEXANDRIA-480x320.jpg 480w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ALEXANDRIA.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements has accelerated delivery of houses to<br>over 400 deserving beneficiaries across the province this week. Today, 12 December<br>2024, MEC for Public Works, Infrastructure and Human Settlements Hon. Siphokazi<br>Lusithi, handed over 74 houses to families in need in Alexandria under the Ndlambe<br>Local Municipality.<br>\u201cThis week we have handed over houses across the province to demonstrate<br>government\u2019s commitment of fulfilling the mandate of the department that of<br>establishing integrated sustainable human settlements, and that is what we are doing<br>here today in Alexandria,\u201d said MEC Lusithi. This forms part of government\u2019s drive to<br>ensure the most destitute and vulnerable in society are provided with decent quality<br>houses. House handovers were held in various parts of the province including, Buffalo<br>City Metropolitan Municipality, OR Tambo and Sarah Baartman.<br>The 74 beneficiaries in Ndlambe Local Municipality benefitted from two projects under<br>the Remedial (Rectification) Works Programme. \u201cMy life has now changed with this new<br>house, I am very happy today. My old house had cracks and rain would come in through<br>the roof,\u201d said Lizzie Samani, 72, in Alexandria today. Samani\u2019s house forms part of the<br>Alexandria 402 project, which already has 30 completed houses.<br>The other project is Alexandria 383 with 44 completed houses, which includes 71-year\u0002old Nomangsesi Dyantyi\u2019s house. \u201cI am overjoyed and full of gratitude to everyone who<br>helped me get a house. I want to thank the people that built my house, they are also<br>here today.\u201d<br>The Remedial Works Programme is critical to redressing the quality challenges<br>experienced in old projects. Through this programme, the Department has been able to<br>assist 4171 beneficiaries over the past five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements has accelerated delivery of houses toover 400 deserving beneficiaries across the province this week. Today, 12 December2024, MEC for Public Works, Infrastructure and Human Settlements Hon. SiphokaziLusithi, handed over 74 houses to families in need in Alexandria under the NdlambeLocal Municipality.\u201cThis week we have handed over houses across the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"1080","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,26,191],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecdhs.gov.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103068"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecdhs.gov.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecdhs.gov.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecdhs.gov.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecdhs.gov.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecdhs.gov.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103070,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecdhs.gov.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103068\/revisions\/103070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecdhs.gov.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecdhs.gov.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecdhs.gov.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}