Question NW4232 to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Buthelezi, Ms SA to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Whether, in light of the Integrated Urban Development Framework (IUDF) and the IUDF Implementation Plan that identify informal settlement upgrading as a targeted priority, her department will furnish Ms S A Buthelezi with the details on any particularly successful social compacts which have helped facilitate the upgrade of any informal settlements; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) did her department collaborate with other departments to help broker the specified social compacts and (b) what are the greatest (i) challenges and (ii) benefits that the compacts afford?