The Democratic Alliance (DA) human settlements oversight committee recently held a public meeting with the Daveyton community to discuss housing issues.
These included the slow government delivery of housing and claims of corruption within the housing allocation process. Some residents claimed to have paid R25 000 for houses to bogus government officials.
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Residents also came forward with title deeds for their homes. They claimed corrupt officials had sold their houses, leaving them to live in shacks.
MMC for Human Settlements in Ekurhuleni councillor Mabekenyane Thamahane advised residents whose homes were sold illegally to draw up an affidavit at the police station and report the matter to their councillor.
Despite major development in the surrounding area, a large number of elderly residents and those who have been on the housing list for 20 years are still awaiting houses.
“It is for this reason that we have called on the metro to make the housing list public, in an effort to stop corruption,” said Thamahane.
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