By Everson Luhanga
- The Vosloorus Extension 9 housing development has cost an estimated R56 million since 2018 but remains incomplete, with stripped walls and overgrown vegetation across the site.
- Residents near the project still live in informal settlements without water, electricity, sanitation or refuse collection while the DA calls for answers on the delays.
A housing development in Vosloorus that was supposed to give 132 families a home has been sitting unfinished for eight years.
The Alternative Building Technology project in Vosloorus Extension 9 was built under the Gauteng government. The DA visited the site this week for an oversight inspection and found structures with no doors, no windows and no roofing. Fibre cement wall panels and steel had been stripped. Grass and vegetation had taken over parts of the site.
The party says the development has cost an estimated R56 million since 2018.
DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for Human Settlements Mervyn Cirota said the project reflects broader problems in housing delivery across the province. The DA also raised concerns about the lack of bulk infrastructure at the site and questioned whether the project would ever be finished.
The families who were meant to move in are still in informal settlements nearby. They have no water, no electricity, no sanitation and no refuse collection.
The DA says it will submit questions to Gauteng Human Settlements MEC Tasneem Motara and the City of Ekurhuleni. The party wants to know the total amount spent, why the project stalled, and how much it would cost to complete.
Pictured above: Unfinished houses at the Vosloorus Extension 9 housing project have been vandalised while families continue waiting for homes.
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