Fleurhof residents get new neighbours

The City of Johannesburg’s determined drive to provide residents of informal settlements with decent housing continued this week ( November 18).

Member of the Mayoral Committee for Housing Councillor Dan Bovu was on hand to give the 30 families their newly built houses at the R10-million Fleurhof Extension 29 housing development.

The 30 are part of 400 families who are to be moved from Zamimpilo informal settlement, near Croesus Station in Industria, and accommodated in fully serviced formal housing units in the burgeoning housing development.

The rest of the beneficiaries will be moved to their new homes at a later stage.

72-year-old Mbopheni George Mhlongo was beside himself with joy when he was handed the keys to his new house, which he will share with his wife, Malungile.

“For the first time in my life I will own a house. My children and grandchildren will now have a place they can call home. I’ve been living in informal settlements since I arrived in Johannesburg in 1977. Life is tough in informal settlements, especially when it rains,” he said.

Bovu said the City was committed, in line with its Growth and Development Strategy 2030 (GDS 2030), to creating sustainable and decent human settlements and improving the quality of life for the people of Johannesburg.

“We’re doing whatever it takes to remove our people from informal settlements, where there is infrastructure and other amenities, and housing them in modern and decent settlements so they can have an improved quality of life,” said Bovu.

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