Human Settlement
During the parliamentary sitting on 10 September 2020 the Minister said, “We have not only released 300 hectares of land across the province for human settlements development, they are also at different stages of development” (according to Hansard):
(a)What does the Minister mean by “released”, (b) how, following what process, was this land “released”, (c) over what period was this land “released”, (d) how many hectares have been “released” per year, (e) to whom was the respective parcels of land – making up the “300 hectares” – “released”, (f) what human-settlements projects have been completed on each of the parcels of land that make up the “released 300 hectares of land”, (g) what projects are still under constructions on each of the parcels of land that make up the “released 300 hectares of land”, (h) how much of the “released 300 hectares of land” has not yet been developed or is not yet under construction and (i) how much land, in hectares, has been transferred from the provincial Department of Transport and Public Works to his Department for housing purposes over the past five years?
(a) In our context, the release of land means land released to the private sector or to my department for human settlement development purposes.
(b) Some portions of land were availed via a tender process (where my department availed the land to the successful bidder in terms of a Land Availability Agreement(LAA), whilst other land portions are being developed by my department.
(c) Over a 5-year period.
(d) Details are listed hereunder.
2018 | 230 ha |
2017 | 10 ha |
2016 | 4,8 ha |
2015 | 18 ha |
2011 | 72 ha |
Pre 2010 | 100 ha |
Total | 437 ha |
(e) Apart from the Forrest Village, Penhill and Ithema land portions, which my department is developing, the other parcels of land were released to developers:
(f)Each project is at a different stage of development.
Details are listed hereunder.
| Project | Developer | Status |
6 | Eersteriver (The Vines) | Power Construction | Completed |
9 | Delft | Moditi Consulting | Cancelled due to non-performance |
11 | Kuilsrivier | Motlekar | Cancelled after the developer entered into a cancellation agreement. |
(g)Projects still under construction.
(h)Projects which have not been developed.
(i)Over the past five years the Provincial Department of Transport and Public Works availed 5 ha of land to my department as well as a 55 ha portion of partially developed land in Ottery where my department together with public works will develop a proposal for the use of the site.
This excludes the redevelopment of the Conradie, Artscape and Helen Bowden sites.
