Tomorrow, Thursday, 29 June 2023, the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) Shadow MEC for Human Settlements, Mervyn Cirota MPL, the DA Gauteng Spokesperson for Human Settlements, Evert Du Plessis MPL, and the DA Shadow MEC for Social Development, Refiloe Nt’sekhe MPL, will be conducting an oversight inspection at the Inxiweni RDP houses in Tembisa and the Silwerkroon Old Age Home in Alberton.
The Silwerkroon Old Age Home is currently not fully utilised. Eight rooms are standing empty due to a lack of funds to pay for the painting and maintenance of these rooms. In addition, the residents who are currently housed at the old age home do not have their needs attended to and have not received a visit from a social worker in two years.
In Inxiweni, residents have been waiting for title deeds since 2009. According to the Department of Human Settlements, the land on which the RDP walk-up flats have been built has not been subdivided. This means that title deeds cannot be issued, despite the department promising residents that they would start issuing title deeds after our oversight inspection last year.
The media is invited, and there will be an opportunity for interviews and photographs.
Details of the oversight inspections are as follows:
Oversight inspection 1
Date: 29 June 2023
Time: 10:00
Location: Silwerkroon Old Age Home, Alberton
Oversight inspection 2
Date: 29 June 2023
Time: 11:00
Location: Inxiweni, Tembisa