R161 million Refilwe Manor housing project progressing
One piece of good news came up strongly when the Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Solly Msimanga, DA Shadow Minister of Human Settlements, Solly Malatsi MP, and Shadow Deputy Minister of Human Settlements, Mbulelo Bara MP, visited Refilwe Manor Extention 9 housing project in Region 5 today.
The development of Refilwe Manor, which had stalled since building started in 2013/14 financial year under the ANC management is now proceeding well under the DA-led administration.
The township development was originally approved in 2007 by the Nokeng Local Municipality as a private development. Tshwane later bought over the property, as well as the development after the merger between the City and Nokeng local municipality.
The housing development project started in the 2013/2014 financial year with the construction of internal water and sewer reticulation to 769 residential stands. Other work carried out includes construction of a 10ml water reservoir to the value of R42 million and 2 sewer pump stations and upgrading of the existing Water Waste Treatment Works to be completed at R22 million.
Commented Msimanga “ Our people have been waiting for far too long to know the dignity of owning a home and the Refilwe Manor extension is but one example of the long wait. We have personally come here today to see to it that the project gets underway smoothly and that recipients can begin to benefit from the overdue project under Project Tirane which I announced on 06 April 2017 at the State of The Capital Address.”
The current layout consists of 769 residential stands, a site for an early development centre, a school, community centre and a site for business and commercial purposes.
Work is currently underway for the construction of a water reservoir and two sewer pump stations. The reservoir and pump stations are expected to be completed by March 2018. The construction of top structures-to complete the housing development-is dependable on the allocation of funding by the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements.
DA-led municipalities are prioritising equitable and fair access to a range of housing solutions for qualifying beneficiaries.