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Mayoral committee members for human settlement, Malusi Booi, said according to legislation, a recipient of a Breaking New Ground (BNG) house (the old RDP houses) must keep the house for at least ...

Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya and the MMC for Human Settlements Aaron Maluleka at one of the RDP houses handed over by the municipality to 447 families in Olievenhoutbosch Extension 60.

Hluphekile Siyoko, 69, said while he has been waiting for an RDP house he has lost his wife, daughter and grandchild in a shack fire. He had to borrow money from a loan shark to pay for the funerals.

Klerksdorp - RDP houses listed as having been completed sometimes do not exist, Public Protector Thuli Madonsela said on Thursday. “People received letters that their houses have been completed ...

Toloko Mofokeng and Monyaduwe Tshabalala have waited since 2011 for their RDP house. Mofokeng’s left hand was permanently damaged in a stabbing incident. Tshabalala’s leg was amputated after ...

Residents of Villa Liza are angry at the way in which RDP houses are being allocated in Extension 45. At Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!

Although Anna Selahle’s application was approved in 2002, records show that no payments were made for a contractor to actually build her RDP house. Her own family, and the Napjane family of her ...

Demonstrators stage sit-in outside Joburg Mayor Morero's offices, demand meeting over RDP homes The Soweto residents, who are members of the Umphakathi Wesizwe organisation, are protesting against ...

Theirs is one of more than 20,000 Breaking New Ground (BNG, formerly known as RDP) houses in the province that are incomplete, says Zimasa Mbewu, spokesperson for the Free State Department of ...