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As South Africa continues to experience the effects of drought, which has devastated most parts of the country, Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has announced immediate and long-term measures to mitigate the resultant risks.

The City of Ekurhulenis executive mayor, Sivuyile Ngodwana, will be swearing in his 10-member mayoral committee on Thursday morning.

Samwu has blamed the City of Johannesburg housing backlog on on rampant corruption and an unstable coalition administration.

Local chief executives of Quezon province have committed to allocate lands and support the national government’s housing projects for their respective constituents, the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) said.

Baguio City has been chosen as one of the implementing sites of the Zero ISF program. Through this program, the DHSUD targets to build one million housing units per year or a total of six million housing units in the span of six years.

Residents living around the 10-metre-deep sinkhole in the Angelo informal settlement fear that the dangerous living conditions will force them to leave the place they called home.

Research by the department indicated that at least 1 500 out 6 000 schools in the country do not have proper ablution facilities.

Badroodien stepped down from the post in September 2022 over claims that he allegedly tampered with an electricity meter on his property, which he denied.

The Mopani District Municipality in Limpopo has taken the provincial government to court after it was placed under mandatory intervention.



According to Human Settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi RDP houses will be fitted with a solar kit so households can have electricity.