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Gauteng Human Settlements, 5 November 2014 MEC Jacob Mamabolo announces forensic investigation over housing allocations in Lehae Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements, Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Jacob Mamabolo will institute a forensic investigation to probe allegations of corruption into allocation of houses taking place as families are being relocated to Lehae - a new housing development, south of Johannesburg. The corruption allegations were raised by aggrieved residents of Thembelihle informal settlement who are being relocated to Lehae due to the existence of dolomite in their area. A planned protest action by the Thembelihle Crisis Committee to raise the matter including lack of basic services such as water and electricity was recently averted following a commitment by MEC Mamabolo to meet community leaders. Speaking to community leaders last night, MEC Mamabolo said the forensic audit will investigate all the housing lists of allocated beneficiaries in Lehae and those who have not yet benefitted in Thembelihle. MEC Mamabolo said allegations of housing allocation are rife and serious and will best be settled by instituting an independent forensic audit. The department has recently appointed a forensic auditing firm to investigate similar allegations in at least three housing developments in the province including Westonaria Borwa near Bekkersdal, Freedom Park, south of Johannesburg and Winnie Mandela Informal settlement, Ekurhuleni. MEC Mamabolo also committed to involving Eskom and Rand Water to assist in resolving issues raised by the community related to access to basic services. The lack of electricity has resulted in illegal connections which resulted in the death of a child last week, according to community leaders. The child was reportedly buried on Sunday in the North West. The Council for Geo-science will also be invited to provide a report pertaining to the extent to which Thembelihle is affected by dolomite. Residents have expressed a wish for a housing development in portions of land not seriously affected by dolomite. Editors Notes: Lehae is a mixed income housing development and will provide a total of 5 344 housing units which consist of the following: 3 066 subsidy houses (RDP), 770 rental units, 1 508 bonded units. On completion, Lehae community will be home to the following socio-economic amenities: 6 Community centres, 2 Secondary schools, 2 Primary schools, 4 crèches, 8 sites for religious institutions, 2 taxi ranks, 4 business sites, 38 public open spaces. For more information: Victor Moreriane Cell: 079 529 5836 Motsamai Motlhaolwa Cell: 079 897 2240 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
