Housing hand-over stunt shows that the ANC care only for its members
Councillor Faeeza Chame will be seeking answers from the City of Johannesburg.
On October 15, deputy president David Mabuza handed a two-bedroom house valued at R800 000 over to a resident in South Hills.
The poster for this hand-over event indicated that the house would be presented to the personal assistant of the late Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
Although we have no objection to handing over a house to the PA, it is questionable why someone connected to the ANC is suddenly at the top of the housing allocations list.
Ward 57 Clr Faeeza Chame has been questioning the City of Joburg for years about housing allocations, what criteria are used for housing allocations and the publication of these lists, all of which are required by legislation.
Since the event, Chame has attempted to obtain answers to this particular housing allocation with no response.
It is clear that this “handover” event was nothing more than an ANC stunt as the ANC members that were present indicated that no one outside of the people present was permitted inside the house.
The community attempted to use this event as an opportunity to highlight housing issues to the media. The SABC crew present refused to speak to anyone in the community and even indicated that they were present to report on this event only and would not speak to any members of the public.
We have reached the conclusion that this was nothing more than an ANC promotional media act with no interest in addressing the many housing woes the community has. If this is indeed the case, one must question how the recipient of this house received her house when there are applicants who have been waiting for their units for many years.
This then puts the entire housing list process into question.
There are questions that the local community is posing. Chame will therefore be submitting official questions to the MMC for Housing about the South Hill housing allocation process. Manny de Freitas, Member of Parliament for Johannesburg South.
Manny de Freitas, Member of Parliament for Joburg south
Deputy president hands over a house to former Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s PA
