MEDIA ALERT

 

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HOUSING MINISTER LINDIWE SISULU WILL HAND OVER 1000 HOUSES TO BENEFICIARIES IN THE NELSON MANDELA BAY MUNICIPALITY, EASTERN CAPE

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Minister of Housing Lindiwe Sisulu will hand over 1000 houses to beneficiaries at the Zanemvula housing project in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape.

The Zanemvula housing project is an informal settlement upgrading and human settlement project in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. The project will deliver more than 15 000 units with all basic social and economic amenities providing decent shelter to more than 90 000 people.

The project is the biggest housing project in the Eastern Cape and one of the biggest inclusionary housing projects in the country, and boosts a capital investment of more than R1 Billion.

 

Details of the programme are as follows:

 

Venue: Zanemvula Housing Project Site

  Bethelsdorp North

  Phase 2

  Area C

Time: 11h00 to 13h00

Date:  20 November 2008

Enquiries:  Ndivhuwo Mabaya on 083 645 7838

Issued by Media Services 18 November 2008

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