Question NW736 to the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
30 April 2024 - NW736
Siwisa, Ms AM to ask the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
Whether his department has made land available to any municipality, provincial government and/or social housing company to address housing backlogs in the past three financial years; if not, why not; if so, what are the details of the land parcels?
Reply:
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:
The Department is supporting the housing sector; the Department of Human Settlements (DHS), Housing Development Agency (HDA) and Municipalities by releasing state-owned properties identified as suitable and available for human settlement development.
The Cabinet Memorandum No. 03 of 2019 (Cab Memo) approved the release of such properties to the HDA, to enable the Agency to work with Municipalities and relevant stakeholders to provide among others, project management and development assistance for human settlements as well as ensure that the land is utilised for purposes released for. The land parcels release in the last 3 financial years are outlined on table 1 to table 3 below:
Table 1. Land Parcels processed in 2020/2021.
|
Province |
Local Municipality |
No. of land parcels |
Extent (Hectares) |
|
Free State |
Letsemeng |
1 |
40 |
|
Western Cape |
Stellenbosch |
1 |
6,9 |
|
City of Cape Town |
2 |
29,3 |
|
|
Drakenstein |
2 |
3,54 |
|
|
KwaZulu-Natal |
eMadlangeni |
2 |
417 |
|
eThekwini |
1 |
2,15 |
|
|
Gauteng |
Tshwane |
1 |
112 |
|
Rand West |
1 |
453 |
|
|
Ekurhuleni |
1 |
21 |
|
|
Northern Cape |
Kgatelopele |
5 |
144 |
|
Ga-Segonyana |
1 |
125 |
|
|
Phokwane |
1 |
0,95 |
|
|
North West |
Mahikeng |
1 |
329 |
|
Madibeng |
2 |
400 |
|
|
Mpumalanga |
Dr JS. Moroka |
1 |
69 |
|
Eastern Cape |
Kou-Kamma |
3 |
20,7 |
|
Gariep |
1 |
1,3 |
|
|
TOTAL |
27 |
2 174,08 |
Table 2. Land Parcels processed in 2021/2022.
|
Province |
Local Municipality |
No. of land parcels |
Extent (Hectares) |
|
Free State |
Kopanong |
1 |
8 |
|
Western Cape |
Stellenbosch |
1 |
17,70 |
|
Theewaterskloof |
1 |
70,9020 |
|
|
Northern Cape |
Kgatelopele |
16 |
85,62 |
|
Mpumalanga |
Emalahleni |
2 |
2,11 |
|
Limpopo |
Polokwane |
3 |
0,48 |
|
Eastern Cape |
Buffalo City |
4 |
0,3 |
|
TOTAL |
28 |
185,1120 |
Table 3. Land Parcels processed in 2022/2023.
|
Province |
Municipality |
No. of Land Parcels |
Extent (Hectares) |
|
Western Cape |
Saldanha Bay |
1 |
39 |
|
KwaZulu-Natal |
eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality |
5 |
1,56 |
|
Msunduzi Local Municipality |
4 |
2,8 |
|
|
Endumeni |
3 |
0,6 |
|
|
TOTAL |
13 |
43,36 |
It is also worth mentioning that Power of Attorneys (POAs) to initiate planning development planning processes have been issued to the Housing Development Agency.