A total of 32 559 title deeds will be handed over to their rightful beneficiaries, with Tembisa getting a slice of the cake.
This was revealed by the City of Ekurhuleni’s executive mayor, Clr Mzwandile Masina, during his visit to Tembisa last week.
“Since 2016, the city has embarked on the regularisation of townships. This project assists with the conversion of leasehold erven to freehold erven, thereby providing residents with title deeds of their erven and in this manner, ensuring their ownership.
“In the recently ended financial year, the city accomplished its target of township regularisation of 39 townships. The 39 townships yielded 32 559 title deeds to be distributed to beneficiaries. Title deeds are not only legal documents used as evidence of home ownership, they are a source of security for people who, for many decades, have lived in a state of insecurity,” said Masina.
During June, this paper published a series of articles where a number of homeowners claimed to still be waiting for their title deeds, a matter Masina promised will be attended to.
“We are deeply passionate about resolving the housing backlog that we are faced with. In this regard, just in the recently ended financial year, the city acquired 12 382 serviced stands. In the first year of our term, the city acquired land for housing opportunities to be rolled out through six Mega Human Settlements Projects. A total of 26 000 low-cost houses were completed in the past 24 months by the city and the province provided an additional 7 058 housing opportunities within the city in the recently ended financial year. We intend to complete an additional 200 units by year-end,” continued Masina.
