Transport and Public Works
Whether his Department has identified any land and/or buildings in the various municipalities for the purposes of socio-economic integration and development; if not, why not; if so, what are the details of these properties?
The Department has commenced with a process to identify provincial state land/or buildings to facilitate socio-economic integration and development per municipal area. The process includes identifying land and or buildings and workshopping proposals within municipal areas after consultation to determine whether such land and or buildings are surplus to national and provincial needs. Whilst the Department’s focus is on the provincial state land portfolio, the intention is to adopt a holistic approach to public land/or buildings that will include both municipalities and the national government, through the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure. This process has not been finalised yet and as such the details of properties are not yet available.
The Department has adopted a human settlements approach with land not required for other Provincial service delivery objectives, such as education and health. Aligned to this approach, the following properties have been or are in the process of being availed to the Department of Human Settlements for human settlement development:
- Erven 329 and 331 Hoekwil, at Wilderness Heights
- Portions 10 & 18 of the Farm 727 Joostenbergvlakte (De Novo), with the exception of land parcels required for continued institutional use
- Erven 6361, 6362, & 6348 Parow
- Erf 620 Ottery
- Erven 424, Portion of Remainder of 431, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448 and Portion of 2733 Oranjezicht
- Erf 109533 Cape Town, Charlesville
- Erf 47585 Mitchell’s Plain
- Erven 21028 and 21029 George
- Farm 757 Cape RD, Ottery
In addition, the Department is undertaking the following projects, which are at different stages:
1. Conradie Park
2. Founders Garden/ Artscape Precinct
3. Two Rivers Urban Park
4. Vredenburg Precinct
5. Somerset Precinct
