Question NW3233 to the Minister of Human Settlements

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18 September 2015 - NW3233

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Van Dyk, Ms V to ask the Minister of Human Settlements

(1)Whether any Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) houses have been built in the (a) Nama Khoi Local Municipality, (b) Kamiesberg Local Municipality, (c) Richtersveld Local Municipality and (d) Khai-Ma Municipality since 2009; if so, (i) how many houses have been built, (ii) what is the location of the specified houses, (iii) who were the contractors of the specified houses and (iv) were all the houses completed and signed off; (2) whether any of the specified houses in the specified municipalities have been repaired or rebuilt since 2009; if so, (a) how many houses have been repaired or rebuilt, (b) at what cost was each specified house repaired or rebuilt, (c) what is the location of each specified house, (d) who were the contractors of each specified house and (e) were the repairs to all the specified houses completed and signed off?

Reply:

Honourable member, government is no longer building Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) houses. RDP houses were discontinued as soon as Cabinet adopted the Comprehensive Plan for the Development of Sustainable Human Settlements in 2004 setting new standards for housing typologies for government houses referred to as BNG houses.

(1) The information requested by the Honourable member on Breaking New Ground (BNG) houses built in the (a) Nama Khoi Local Municipality, (b) Kamiesberg Local Municipality, (c) Richtersveld Local Municipality and (d) Khai-Ma Municipality since 2009 is provided in the table below:

Local Municipality

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

TOTAL

(ii) location

(iv) all houses completed and signed off

 

Sites

Units

Sites

Units

Sites

Units

Sites

Units

Sites

Units

Sites

Units

Sites

Units

   
 

(i) Number of houses built

   

(a) Nama Khoi

 

Buffelsrivier

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

0

9

Buffelsrivier

All houses completed and signed off

Bulletrap

0

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

5

Bulletrap

 

Carolusberg

0

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

10

Carolus-berg

 

Concordia

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

0

15

Concordia

 

Fonteintjie

0

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

15

Springbok

 

Goodhouse

0

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

15

Goodhouse

 

Komaggas

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

0

26

Kommagas

 

Kouroep

0

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

5

Kouroep

 

Matjieskloof

0

 

 

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

100

Springbok

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

 

 

0

50

   
 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

0

50

   
 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

0

1

   

Nababeep

0

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

20

Nababeep

 
 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

0

4

   

O'kiep

 

 

 

110

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

110

O'Kiep

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

50

   

O'kiep

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

190

0

190

O'kiep

All houses completed and signed off

Rooiwal

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

20

Vioolsdrift

 

Rooiwinkel

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

5

Rooiwinkel

 

Vioolsdrift

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

11

Vioolsdrift

 

Sub-total

0

0

0

220

0

146

0

0

0

50

0

295

0

711

 

 

(b) Kamiesberg

 

Garies

0

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

1

Garies

All houses completed and signed off

Kharkams

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

2

Kharkams

 

Klipfontein

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

120

0

120

Klipfontein

 

Lepelsfontein

 

 

 

60

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

60

Lepels-fontein

 

Kamassies

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

3

Kamassies

 

Kheis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

0

1

Kheis

 

Sub-total

0

6

0

60

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

120

0

187

 

 

(c) Richtersveld

 

Kuboes

0

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

1

Kuboes

All houses completed and signed off

Port Nolloth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100

0

100

Port Nolloth

 

Sanddrift

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

10

Sanddrift

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

0

50

   

Eksteenfontein

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

1

Eksteen-fontein

 

Sub-total

0

1

0

0

0

11

0

0

0

0

0

150

0

162

 

 

(d) Khai-Ma

 

Pella

0

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

2

Pella

All houses completed and signed off

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

8

   
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38

0

38

   

Pofadder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101

0

101

Pof-adder

 

Onseepkans

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

4

Onseep-kans

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

0

5

   
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

0

2

   

Sub-total

0

2

0

12

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

146

0

160

 

 

TOTAL

0

9

0

292

0

157

0

0

0

51

0

711

0

1,220

 

(2) We have been informed that the houses were not enrolled with the NHBRC and as such we do not have any information on the rectification of the houses.

(a) Falls away.

(b) Falls away.

(c) Falls away.

(d) Falls away.

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