City nears first milestone of its R50,7 million Gugulethu/Nyanga project
25 April 2016
The Gugulethu/Nyanga housing project comprises the development of two large vacant sites along Govan Mbeki (Lansdowne) Road. The installation of civil engineering services is expected to be completed by mid-May 2016. Erf 8448 in Gugulethu will yield 571 housing opportunities, while Erf 2849 Mau Mau in Nyanga will yield 434 housing opportunities.
Community engagement yields positive results
‘This has been a challenging project with many delays that were caused by intense community dynamics. It is therefore quite a feat that we are nearing this milestone. I thank all of our partners and stakeholders, as well as the community, for working with us so that we could make progress possible.
‘The Gugulethu/Nyanga housing project is now at a point where consultation on the beneficiary identification process has started, which will pave the way for the top-structure tender process to commence,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements, Councillor Benedicta van Minnen.
Housing beneficiaries to be finalised soon
Following the consultative beneficiary identification process, the names on the City’s Housing Database, as per the oldest application dates of the qualifying beneficiaries, will be drawn from the respective suburbs of Gugulethu, Nyanga and New Crossroads and made available for public scrutiny to ensure transparency. Once this has been completed, a final beneficiary list will be made available to the respective communities.
It is estimated that the construction of the 1 005 housing units will commence in February 2017 and that it will take approximately three years to complete, if all goes according to plan.
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