Housing in Southern Africa August 2016

Housing

R40 million Dido Valley project

T he City of Cape Town’s Ex- ecutive Mayor, Patricia de Lille participated in a sod-turning event for the R40 million Dido Valley housing project in Simon’s Town, which will provide homes to 600 families. Dido Valley aims to serve as a beacon of the reconciliation process to return beneficiaries to land they were forcibly removed from in 1965. Approximately 500 beneficiaries are fromRed Hill Estate in Simon’s Town. They have been living in informal conditions since 1974. A further 100 families moved to Gugulethu. The city will spend R40 million on this development, which is situated on a hill with views of the ocean. De Lille and the City’s Mayoral Commit- tee Member for Human Settlements, Benedicta van Minnen, thanked the Red Hill Development Forum for their perseverance and for never giving up hope for a better life for their families and fellow community members. Luyanda Lombo has served on the development forum for 15 years. The project includes a clinic, parks, a crèche, business site on prime prop- erty overlooking hills, mountain and the coastline and all within easy reach

of public transport. De Lille says, “We don’t just build houses. We want to build homes and communities.” As part of the contract the city will spend R2,3 million to create job op- portunities in the Expanded Public Works Programme. ■

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