Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale says the biggest challenge for his department is to make sure that South Africans are not homeless, or refugees in the various squatter camps dotted around the country. Sexwale says the provision of sanitation is also an important element in restoring people's dignity.
He was speaking at the Govan Mbeki Human Settlements Awards held in Midrand last night.
The embattled Limpopo province won top honours for being the best province at delivering houses in the country. The announcement was made at the Govan Mbeki Human Settlements Awards Ceremony held in Midrand, Johannesburg last night. Last year the auditor general's report brevealed that the Limpopo province had incurred R2.7 billion in unauthorised expenditure under Premier Cassel Mathale and five departments were placed under administration.
But MEC for the Department of Co-operative Governance and Human Settlements, Clifford Motsepe, says Limpopo beat other provinces because they were the only Human Settlements Department to receive a clean audit for 2010/11.
The award comes at a time when everybody has got doubts about what is happening in the province of Limpopo.
Meanwhile, breaking down the gender barriers in housing, Malebo Magasa, from the North West province won the award for the best woman contractor. She says the project in which her company built 50 low cost houses in five months, instead of six months in Rasimoni near Rustenburg, is what gave her the edge.
"It is a lot of work, a lot of dedication. It was not easy, we have been through highs and lows in the last nine years of the business. Men do not believe that a woman can build, every step of the way you have got to prove yourself. You have got to build good houses, it has got to be the best."
- SABC
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