True to the City’s commitment of delivering houses, over 100 residents of Madelakufa informal settlement moved into their new housing units in Clayville extension 80 on Thursday, 2 July 2020. The relocation follows a first batch of 190 families who were relocated to Clayville Ext 80 on 24 June.

Plans are underway to reduce the housing backlog in the City of Ekurhuleni.  The Leeuwpoort massive project is One of five mega projects in the City, it has set a new standard for sustainable human settlements, and will provide a minimal yield of 22 000 housing opportunities. The Leeuwpoort project sees the integration of three […]

Gogo Patience Bongiwe Siswenye became a first time homeowner at 70, courtesy of a tripartite partnership between the City of Ekurhuleni, Collen Mashwana Foundation and Imbokodo Building- a 100% female owned construction company.    Built on a serviced stand provided by the City in Eden Park, the two bedroom house could not have come at […]

The days of staying in a dilapidated corrugated iron shack for Oupa Letsholo from Eden Park are now a thing of the past. Letsholo (34) is visually impaired and was staying alone in a dilapidated shack, surviving with the assistance of his kind neighbours. The City’s Department of Human Settlements and its stakeholder Afribiz Invest […]

The Executive Mayor of the City of Ekurhuleni, Cllr Mzwandile Masina will on 3 April 2020 conduct a site visit of the Coen Scholtz Hall, which is being utilised as a temporary shelter for the homeless during the 21-day nation-wide lockdown. The City of Ekurhuleni, through the COVID-19 Response Joint Operations Centre, has formed a […]

The phenomenon of selling an RDP house undermines the government’s intention of eradicating homelessness. It is so because those beneficiaries who sell RDPs are vulnerable persons who may not be able to acquire a home of their own after selling their RDPs. They, therefore, resort to returning to shacks and other informal settlements after selling […]

It is all systems go in Putfontein, the new home of the residents moved from Glen Marikana where they had illegally occupied a private land. The City has put full bulk infrastructure in Putfontein to make it more habitable to the 3 000 residents. The residents of Putfontein spoke of their relief upon arrival after […]

It is all systems go in Putfontein, the new home of former Glen Marikana residents.  These residents were moved from Glen Marikana Informal Settlement, next to Kempton Park, following a South Gauteng High Court ruling.  Last year the court ruled that this community be moved as they were illegally occupying the area along Dann Road. […]

City of Ekurhuleni (CoE) urges all beneficiaries to collect their unclaimed title deeds at their nearby Customer Care Centres (CCCs).   Over 14 000 unclaimed title deeds are waiting to be collected at customer care centres across the City.  Member of the Mayoral Committee for Human Settlements, Cllr Lesiba Mpya indicated challenges with locating the rightful

The relocation of Glen Marikana informal settlement residents resumed today, 5 March 2020. This follows the temporary halt of the move after some residents turned to the Gauteng High Court on Monday, 2 March, to interdict the relocation process. Residents are being relocated to a portion of land in Putfontein, following a High Court ruling […]