Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Minister gives go-ahead for housing project

Housing minister Lindiwe Sisulu has given the green light for the completion of the Thabo Mbeki housing project at Flagstaff in the Eastern Cape.

The project consisting of 503 housing units was approved in 1998 to be completed in 2002. The Eastern Cape housing department stopped the project due to alleged mismanagement of funds.

A special investigating unit was appointed to investigate the construction process after the department had established that the houses were without electricity, water and toilets. More than R3 million invested in the project is unaccounted for.

Sisulu has set December as the deadline for all houses to be completed. - SABC

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