News and Speeches for Department of Human Settlements
Arrest leaders of land invasions
3 August 2020JOINT STATEMENT BY TERTUIS SIMMERS WESTERN CAPE MINISTER OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, ALBERT FRITZ WESTERN CAPE MINISTER OF COMMUNITY SAFETY & ANTON BREDELL Read More
Provincial Human Settlements excluded from Minister De Lille’s strategic project
31 July 2020I note with concern that the National Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Patricia de Lille has completely excluded the Western Cape from her Department’s strategic integrated projects. Read More
Minister Simmers to engage Theewaterskloof and handover houses in Grabouw
31 July 2020As the Western Cape Human Settlements Minister Tertuis Simmers, continues on his site visits throughout the Overstrand District, he will engage the Theewaterskloof Municipality. Read More
Minister to engage Overstrand Municipality and handover houses in Hawston
30 July 2020Today, Western Cape Human Settlements Minister Tertuis Simmers will engage the Overstrand Municipality. Read More
Minister to engage Cape Agulhas Municipality and handover houses in Bredasdorp
29 July 2020Today, Western Cape Human Settlements Minister Tertuis Simmers will engage the Cape Agulhas Municipality. Read More
Minister Tertuis Simmers to visit Hessequa municipal area
27 July 2020Tomorrow, 28 July 2020, Minister of Human Settlements, Tertuis Simmers will conduct visits in the Hessequa Municipal area. Read More
Beaufort West Municipality must return funds spent irregularly
23 July 2020The Western Cape Department of Human Settlement has sent a second letter of demand for the immediate return of R 1 915 000.00, it provided to the Beaufort West Municipality (BWM) between 2017 and 2018, so that external toilets could be upgraded in... Read More
Minister Simmers condemns attack on Kanana removal truck
23 July 2020It’s despicable and a complete disgrace that one of the removal trucks used to assist beneficiaries move from the Kanana informal settlement in Gugulethu to Forest Village, Eersteriver, was last night set alight and the driver assaulted. Read More
Minister de Lille should clarify which land were transferred to the province
21 July 2020The Western Cape Government has not received 14 000 hectares of land for human settlement development from the National Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Patricia de Lille. Read More
Joyous occasion as more residents receive houses in Forest Village
20 July 2020On Friday, 17 July 2020, Western Cape Human Settlements Minister, Tertuis Simmers, handed over 21 houses in the Forest Village Housing Development in Eersteriver to beneficiaries from the Joe Slovo informal settlement. Read More
Illegal land and home invasions delays delivery of houses
16 July 2020Since I took office in May 2019, I have been confronted with many attempts from various groups to illegally occupy vacant land which have been identified for Human Settlement Development, and in some instances even completed projects have seen... Read More
Minister Simmers to handover more houses in Forest Village
16 July 2020Tomorrow, 17 July 2020, Western Cape Human Settlements Minister Tertuis Simmers will hand over 21 houses, to beneficiaries in Forest Village. These beneficiaries are from the Joe Slovo informal settlement in Langa. Read More
Do not lease or sell your state subsidised home
15 July 2020I am deeply concerned at the increased reports from various stakeholders about residents who have received a fully subsidized home from Government, who have either rented or sold the property. Read More
Minister Simmers receives quarterly Rental Housing Tribunal report
10 July 2020On Wednesday, the Western Cape Minister of Human Settlements, Tertuis Simmers and the Head of Department Jacqui Samson met with the Rental Housing Tribunal (RHT) Chairperson Lionel Esterhuizen. Read More
Court interdict group who sought to disrupt Forest Village development
9 July 2020I welcome the Western Cape High Court’s finding today that the Ward 16 Business Forum and 9 other respondents have been interdicted and restrained from continuing their unlawful activities at our Forest Village Housing Development in Eersteriver. Read More
Minister Simmers condemns those denying Joe Slovo residents to move
8 July 2020It is a complete disgrace that yesterday, a small group of unruly Joe Slovo informal settlement community members, in Langa, denied 56 other residents from the same community the opportunity to move to their homes in Forest Village. Read More
Provincial Human Settlements engages Kanana residents about housing opportunity
7 July 2020Yesterday, officials from the Western Cape Department of Human Settlements met with and engaged various stakeholders from Kanana in Gugulethu, which forms part of the Airport Precinct, where it was once again confirmed that 75 of the most vulnerable... Read More
Minister Simmers engages newly appointed Rental Housing Tribunal Members
6 July 2020This past Friday, Western Cape Human Settlements Minister, Tertuis Simmers, met the newly appointed members of the Rental Housing Tribunal (RHT). Read More
More than 200 beneficiaries benefit from Forest Village Housing Project
6 July 2020Since the end of May 2020, 246 units have been handed over to beneficiaries in the Forest Village Housing Development in Eersteriver. Of the 246 units that were handed over, 224 went to residents from Wards 16, 17, 108 and 114, while 22 were handed... Read More
Minister Tertuis Simmers engages Dunoon Project Steering Committee on RISSUP
30 June 2020Yesterday, Western Cape Minister of Human Settlements, Tertuis Simmers, accompanied by the City of Cape Town’s (CoCT) MAYCO member for Human Settlements, Councillor Malusi Booi, engaged the Dunoon Project Steering Committee (PSC), where an update... Read More
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