Minister of Human Settlements Thembi Simelane and Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements Tasneem Motara will tomorrow, 4 March 2025 hand over the Grand Central Social Housing project in Midrand, Gauteng.

Grand Central Social Housing is a complete project with 990 rental units already tenanted. It is a well-located project, adjacent to places of employment, social amenities and transport.

The project also provides good quality rental accommodation for the upper end of the low-income market, with the primary objective of urban restructuring, and creating sustainable human settlements.

According to the Medium-Term Development Plan 2024-2029 (MTDP), the human settlements sectors aims to deliver 15 000 social housing units in five years.

Date: 04 March 2025 Venue: 5 Diagonal Street, Grand Central, Midrand Time: 9:00 Enquiries: Tsekiso Machike, Spokesperson to the Minister on 078 237 3900 I Tsekiso.machike@dhs.gov.za or Mandulo Maphumulo, Acting Head of Communications on 082 099 7699 I Mandulo.maphumulo@dhs.gov.za Issued by the Ministry of Human Settlements, Govan Mbeki House 240, Justice Mahomed Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria