A single mom’s dream for a decent home for her paralysed and autistic 16-year-old son was finally realised thanks to the intervention of MMC for Human Settlements Cllr Lesiba Mpya and Katlehong 2 Customer Care Manager Sonya Kraai. Julia Motsoeng used to live in a cramped shack with her disabled

Residents are urged to report housing fraud and corruption. This includes the illegal sale and occupation of RDP houses, illegal selling of municipal-owned land or even officials asking for payment to add you on the housing database. Housing beneficiaries must not pay anyone alleging that they can add them to housing waiting lists or give […]

Due to the current COVID-19 regulations and applicable restrictions, the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements Ekurhuleni Region has developed different working arrangements without compromising service delivery. To this end the department has minimised face-to-face contact and consultations with it clients in their customer support services. Currently, the

Not only is the act of selling RDP houses a smack in the face of government’s intention of eradicating homelessness, but it is also illegal. This is so because those beneficiaries who sell RDP houses are vulnerable persons who may not be able to acquire a home of their own after selling. This means that […]

The City of Ekurhuleni MMC for City Planning MMC, Cllr Ndosi Shongwe, handed over newly built houses to two families that were displaced when a sinkhole developed next to their houses in Nhlapho Section in Katlehong. The houses were demolished and rebuilt due to the extent of the damage caused by the sinkhole. The two […]

Communities are urged to form a cooperative to stand a chance to be a part of the City’s Self-Reblocking Integration Programme. As per the National Upgrading Support Programme (NUSP) some of the work carried out during reblocking includes the electrification of all structures to prevent illegal connections and over-loading on the network, and numbering of […]

Public consultations on the new rental tariffs for council-owned rental housing stock, as resolved by Council on 25 July 2020, is now open for comments. The new rental tariffs propose escalation of rent payable to be capped at a maximum margin of 5.9% per annum for 2020/2021 and 2021/2022.   A syndicated live community radio broadcast […]

The MMC for Human Settlements in the City, Cllr Lesiba Mpya, handed over more than 200 serviced stands to deserving beneficiaries at Moleleki Extension 2 in Katlehong on Thursday, 6 August. Moleleki Extension 2 is one of the projects aimed at settling qualifying beneficiaries identified from Zama-Zama informal settlement and backyard dwellers from Ward 108 […]

Member of Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Human Settlements Cllr Lesiba Mpya has issued a stern warning on land invaders, stating that ‘enough is enough’. “As a City we will no longer tolerate any further land invasions and these must stop with immediate effect,” said Mpya. The MMC’s office has formed a tasked team together with […]

Having basic housing is a fundamental right of each person irrespective of race, gender and social status. It is the City’s responsibility to provide and allocate government-subsidised housing, otherwise known as RDP houses. To date, over 29 00 housing units have been delivered (jointly by the Gauteng Province and the City) and over 17 000 […]