South Africa is likely to receive a damning report from the United Nations’s special rapporteur on adequate housing, Miloon Kothari, when he ends his tour of the country on Thursday.
On Tuesday Kothari said that although South Africa’s legislation was good and the right to housing was recognised in the constitution, implementation was “very weak” and there was a lack of co-ordination between departments…
He felt people were living in “emergency kinds of situations” because in some cities 40 percent to 50 percent of informal settlements were not serviced.
Kothari was also “disturbed” by the lack of “post-settlement” support available to South Africans who had just received RDP houses or who had benefited from land restitution.
He said the “common trend” was that very little support was given to communities after their land or houses were handed over and that, in most cases, the structures which were built were inadequate, foundations were poor and the walls were cracking.
“A lot of work is necessary to build communities, not just houses,” Kothari said. - Pretoria News
On Tuesday Kothari said that although South Africa’s legislation was good and the right to housing was recognised in the constitution, implementation was “very weak” and there was a lack of co-ordination between departments…
He felt people were living in “emergency kinds of situations” because in some cities 40 percent to 50 percent of informal settlements were not serviced.
Kothari was also “disturbed” by the lack of “post-settlement” support available to South Africans who had just received RDP houses or who had benefited from land restitution.
He said the “common trend” was that very little support was given to communities after their land or houses were handed over and that, in most cases, the structures which were built were inadequate, foundations were poor and the walls were cracking.
“A lot of work is necessary to build communities, not just houses,” Kothari said. - Pretoria News
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