R100m to Repair Defective RDP Houses

Friday, February 20, 2009 - 11:03

Eastern Cape Housing Department to spend about R100 million on repairing over 1 000 defective RDP houses

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The Eastern Cape Housing Department says it will spend about R100 million on repairing over 1 000 defective RDP houses.

Department spokesperson, Lwandile Sicwetsha, points out that work has resumed on fixing the defective houses in the Alfred Nzo and OR Tambo district municipalities, which were built after 1994.

Sicwetsha says that the money came from the R552 million remaining in the department's budget for flagship projects, existing projects and new projects.

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<br />News24

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http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,,2-7-12_2471463,00.html