SA has come a long way with housing provision, says Lindiwe Sisulu
However, the DA says the minister’s delivery promises were not followed through with 12.5-million people still in informal settlements
18 May 2021 - 17:53
The government has delivered more than 5-million subsidised housing and housing opportunities since 1994, an achievement human settlements minister Lindiwe Sisulu says is unmatched by any other country.
About 35% of the population had benefited from the government’s housing interventions, the minister said in her budget vote speech in the National Assembly on Tuesday. However, about 2.2-million households — or 12.5-million people — still live in informal settlements in urban areas as more people migrate to cities from rural areas and people migrate to SA from neighbouring countries...
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