Question NW3841 to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
27 November 2017 - NW3841
Marais, Mr S to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
With reference to the 168 military veterans who received houses in the 2016/17 financial year, what (a) is the breakdown of the military veterans according to each province, (b) military formation was each military veteran part of, (c) is the total number of houses built for military veterans in collaboration with her department as at 31 March 2017 in terms of (i) each province and (ii) military formation and (d) other models of military veterans housing development are being considered to accelerate housing delivery?
Reply:
A) During the 2016/17 financial year, 168 houses were built for Military Veterans in the following provinces:
|
Province |
Number of Houses Built |
|
Eastern Cape |
6 |
|
Free State |
5 |
|
Gauteng |
48 |
|
Kwazulu Natal |
1 |
|
Limpopo |
15 |
|
Mpumalanga |
36 |
|
North West |
19 |
|
Northern Cape |
38 |
b) The beneficiaries of the 168 houses belonged to the following former military formations:
|
Military Formation |
Number of beneficiaries |
|
APLA |
22 |
|
AZANLA |
1 |
|
BDF |
10 |
|
MK |
83 |
|
SADF |
45 |
|
SANDF |
5 |
|
TDF |
1 |
|
World War 2 |
1 |
c) Yes.
d) The Department is constantly investigating