EFF blasts DA over R500m Delft housing ‘disaster’ – ‘no plan, no facilities’

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Cape Town – EFF NCOP member Khanya Ceza inspected the R500 million Delft housing projects in Cape Town and criticised inadequate planning, unclear spending, and a lack of feedback from the DA on delays.

The projects, disrupted by extortion in 2023, were relaunched earlier this year despite threats.

“We are here in Delft today to oversee a project at phase 1, which has been affected and delayed by the extortionists and an official that has been implicated to task. And then what we have found here is that there are no specifics in terms of the expenditure of the budget,” Ceza said.

He added: “Infrastructure is not well planned, because you have to have facilities and there are no facilities.”

During an NCOP discussion on service delivery in Cape Town, MP Bheki Radebe highlighted extortion as a major cause of delays and called for a constructive, monitorable human settlement plan,” The South African reported.

He raised concerns about crime in townships, suggested deploying the army as during COVID-19, and urged a commission of inquiry into extortion, which he said undermines government work.

Radebe also noted that residents of Gugulethu have been denied proper housing since 2017 and welcomed progress on issues like the hiring of foreign nationals.

He stressed that government spheres must work together to tackle extortion and ensure housing projects run smoothly.

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