What can I do about the unfair allocation of RDP houses to people in Somerset West?
The short answer
The whole question
I live in Somerset West. My community and I are very disappointed in the manner some people get RDP houses while they earn a good salary. Yet people that own a pension and earn so much less don t get a house allocated to them. There is so much to say about the unfairness of the allocation of these houses. Who can help us with this?
The long answer
Unfortunately this is something that many people in South Africa are complaining about. It’s not just that there is often unfairness in the way that houses are allocated, but also that the number of new houses built every year falls way behind the number of houses needed. There is a huge housing backlog, which means that many people have to wait for many years before they get a house.
May 26 , 2021
The World Bank has placed the Port of Cape Town at the bottom of a list assessing global container port performance, at a position of 347 out of 351.
Cape Town ranks lower than all other ports in Africa which means it is less efficient than Djibouti, Abidjan, Beira, Maputo, Walvis Bay, Dar es Salam and Mombasa, according to a press release by the office of the Western Cape Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, David Maynier. While Cape Town is listed as the top-performing port in South Africa, this is no indication of success as all of South Africa’s container ports including Durban, Gqeberha and Ngqura dominate the lower end of The Container Port Performance Index 2020 – a sad reflection of competitiveness of ports in South Africa, the statement said.
Port of Cape Town. Photo: South Africa Cargo Services, Facebook.
NATIONAL NEWS - The Western Cape Minister of finance and economic opportunities, David Maynier, said in a media statement earlier today that the Western Cape Government established a port task team to find solutions for the challenges facing the port of Cape Town.
This comes after a World Bank report ranked South African Ports, including the port of Cape Town, at a position of 347 out of 351 on a list assessing global container port performance.
According to the statement:
At a position of 347 out of 351, the World Bank has placed the Port of Cape Town at the bottom of a list assessing global container port performance, ranking lower than all other ports in Africa which means our port is less efficient than Djibouti, Abidjan, Beira, Maputo, Walvis Bay, Dar es Salam and Mombasa.