Western Cape housing project launches today

The province has a housing backlog of more than 400 000 units

Western Cape Local Government and Housing Minister, Richard Dyantyi, says his department will increase its annual target of building 16,000 houses now to 20,000.

The province has a housing backlog of more than 400,000 units. Dyantyi today launches a Housing project in Khayamandi near Stellenbosch.

The project, known as the Khayamandi Master Plan, aims to ease the plight of the shack fire victims currently housed in temporary structures.

- SABC