Schulphoek housing progress delayed

Writer: Raphael da Silva.

Government has committed itself to delivering housing opportunities on the Schulphoek site and we can no longer allow certain parts of the community to continue to delay the process, said Western Cape Minister of Human Settlements, Tertuis Simmers, at a meeting of the Greater Hermanus Stakeholders Forum (GHSF) on Sunday, 23 February.

Work on the development of a Better Living housing project has been in progress since April 2019 when a 10-member working group was established to engage on the design principles and formulate a draft development framework.

“Attempts to elect a Social Compact in Zwelihle, whose duty it will be to represent the community during the development phase, have been frustrated by certain members of the community. Although there has been agreement all along in the GHSF meetings that a Better Living Model will be developed, we are now told by Zwelihle Renewal/Land Party that the area must rather be converted into serviced plots with electricity for people to build their own dwellings,” said Simmers.

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