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R10 billion allocated to upgrading townships in South Africa Minister Lindiwe Sisulu during a departmental budget speech said the growth of informal settlements in South Africa will be reviewed. Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu on Tuesday, 18 May 2021 during a departmental budget speech confirmed the growth of informal settlements in South Africa will be reviewed. The department’s priority areas for the period of 2021/2022 includes upgrading informal settlements, as well as the Integrated Residential Development Programme (IRDP), and significantly increasing rental housing stock. Upgrading of Informal Settlements Grant Funding Framework ‘Migrating in droves’ Minister Sisulu cited an “unfortunate position” of people who had previously been restricted to rural areas under apartheid now “migrating in droves” to towns and cities in search of work and better housing opportunities. ....
On 7 December 2020, civil society organisations submitted a joint proposal to President Cyril Ramaphosa calling for the urgent release of three large and exceptionally well-located parcels of unused or underused military land in Cape Town for the development of low-income housing. The three identified sites are Youngsfield, Wingfield and Ysterplaat, military airports that are either owned by the Department of Defence or under the custodianship of the Department of Public Works. These sites can provide housing for up to 67 000 households. Instead, they remain underutilised. Twenty-six years after apartheid, Cape Town remains characterised by spatial inequalities, with the vast majority of poor and working-class families (who are predominantly black and coloured) still being confined to townships and informal settlements on the outskirts of the city. Many peripheral areas in Cape Town have limited access to basic services, forcing families to share an insufficient nu ....