Ngqongqoshe, ngingakaqhubeki nje, ngiyacela ukuthi uzinike isikhathi uvakashele kuMnyango Wezemisebenzi Yomphakathi walapha eNtshonalanga Kapa, ngoba kunezinsolo zokuthi phakathi kwayo inhlangano ye- DA bafuna ukwenza enye inhlangano okuthiwa i-COBO, Congress of Boys Only, la kukhishwa khona bonke omama kuqashwe abantu besilisa bodwa. Bese ngiyabuya kwi-debate yami. (Translation of isiZulu paragraph follows.)
[Mr M P SIBANDE: Hon Minister, before I continue, I am requesting you to make time to go to the Department of Public Works of the Western Cape Legislature, because there are allegations that within that department the DA wants to form a new party known as COBO, the Congress of Boys Only, where all the women are removed and then they only employ men. And coming back to my debate ...]
... despite the strides made by the government, the housing backlog stood at 2,2 million in May 2009. It is therefore evident that a great challenge in the delivery of houses still remains. This daunting task has been acknowledged by the ANC as one of the government's five key priorities.
The ANC-led government has committed itself to changing the face of the rural areas. From the human settlement perspective, there is an acknowledgement that the existing supply side and commoditised housing programme has a significant and inherent urban bias.
The comprehensive approach to human settlement requires a close look at key challenges around spatial planning, such as urbanisation and migration patterns and further mushrooming of informal settlements. It is reported that there are 2 700 informal settlements with R1,2 million households across the country.
The new plan to upgrade 125 000 informal settlement units annually over the next four years through the National Upgrading Support Programme is an attempt to step up the delivery of affordable housing. At the same time, government aims to boost the number of rental housing units by offering more housing finance. This will be achieved by setting aside 6 000 ha of land situated near city centres for affordable housing. It remains the ANC's target to eradicate all slums and informal settlements by 2014.
Ngizokuphinda lokhu, uNgqongqoshe uke wakusho, kuzofanele sikuphinde ngoba kunabantu abanezindlebe ezingezwa. [I will repeat it - the Minister has mentioned it before but I need to repeat it because there are some who are deaf.]
For this to happen, some 500 000 new units a year must become available. This stems from the acknowledgement that, while the RDP houses were the first step towards housing millions of South Africans who had been left without adequate shelter, the outcomes were flawed. The early generation policy led to building rows of houses on the outskirts of towns and cities, which merely replicated apartheid-style housing. Responding to the shortcomings identified in the RDP programme, the Breaking New Ground initiative was launched in September 2004 with a view to establishing integrated sustainable human settlement.
Ngingakakhohlwa Sihlalo, ngizocela ukuthi inkulumo yami ngiyimise kanje: kubo bobabili oNgqongqoshe, ngicela ukudlulisa lokhu okulandelayo ... [Before I forget, Chairperson, I would like to put my speech this way: I would like to put the following request to both Ministers.]
Allow me to start with the Minister for the Public Service and Administration. Agrment South Africa, ASA, is mandated to assess and certify innovative non-standard-size construction products, systems, material, components, and processes which are not fully covered by the South African Bureau of Standards, SABS, or code of practice.
As things currently stand, companies or individuals can voluntarily submit their innovative construction products to ASA for assessment and certification. There is no legal obligation compelling them to do so occasionally. This status quo has culminated in instances where shoddy houses have been built, putting the lives of the poor at risk.
To avert this tendency, there is the need for a legislative framework compelling actors in the construction industry to submit their innovative construction products for assessment and certification.
Also directed at the Minister of Human Settlements, in terms of section 10 of the Housing Consumers Protection Measures Act, Act 95 of 1998, all home builders have to be registered with the National Home Builders Registration Council, NHBRC. This legislative requirement is aimed at ensuring that the quality of construction can be guaranteed.
Available statistics, however, suggest that not all home builders comply with this piece of legislation. For example, it was reported that of the 270 000 houses built in 2008, only 7 000 were registered with the NHBRC. The department should, therefore, devise a mechanism to enforce legislation. Allow me ...
... ngidlulise lokhu, Ngqongqoshe Wezindawo Zokuhlaliswa Kwabantu, besicela ukuthi eMpumalanga laphaya eGovan Mbeki Municipality, ikakhulukazi eMzinoni, lapho kunalezi zindawo ezilandelayo, i-OR Tambo neChris Hani, nengxenye ye-extension 23 kunenkinga enkulu yezindlu zangasese, ezinye sezakhiwe ezinye azikakakhiwa. Kodwa besicela ukuthi uma kukhona okwenziwayo kusheshiswe, uNgqongqoshe angenelele.
Siyacela futhi Ngqongqoshe ukuthi khona futhi eMpumalanga eDipaleseng, eSiyathemba Municipality ku-extention 5 ezindlini ze-RDP ezakhiwayo manje abantu abakahlali nokuhlala phakathi kodwa inkinga esibhekene nayo ukuthi ziyahlubuka lezo zindlu. Izitende ezilandelayo ngezinye zezitende ezithintekayo, 4595, no 4613. Ezinye zezinombolo lapho izicabha zakhona ezingavuleki kahle, ezinye zinemifantu, kanti futhi ezinye uphahla alwakhekanga kahle. Bese ngiyabuya ngiya ePedi, e-Eastern Cape, besicela Ngqongqoshe ukuthi nakhona ulandelele. Kunezindlu ezakhiwe eziningi kakhulu, kodwa ngemethiriyeli yokwakha engekho ezingeni elihle. Iminyango okufanele ngabe bakhe ngayo ngaphakathi, bakhe ngayo ngaphandle. Uma imvula inetha zigcwala amanzi futhi ezinye izindlu zakhona aziphelanga nophahla lwakhona lufishane.
ELimpompo eSekhukhune District kunenkinga yezindlu ze-RDP endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi Ga-Masiela. Lapho Ngqongqoshe besicela ukuthi uthumele ithimba liyohlola ngoba lezi zindlu zitshekile, ezinye iminyango yazo itshekile, ezinye uphahla lutshekile, azakhiwanga kahle nhlobo, futhi azikho emgangathweni. Sicela uNgqongqoshe alandelele kulokho.
Futhi, kunenkinga kuzo zonke izindlu laphayana uma ubheka koStockport, kunenkinga ikakhulukazi kulezi zindawo ezingaphansi kwe-platinum. Zonke lezizindawo ziyathinteka, izikhamizi zakhona bakhala ngezintuli, kanti futhi kunokushoda kwezindlu. Ezinye ezakhiwe ziba neminkenke uma kuqhunyiswa laphaya ezimayini. Ngalokho-ke Ngqongqoshe ngithanda ukuthi ngithi izabelomali zombili siyazeseka kakhulu, ngaphandle kokungabaza. Ngiyabonga. (Translation of isiZulu paragraphs follows.)
[... I am saying this to the hon Minister of Human Settlements. I would like the Minister to quickly do something about the state of sanitation in Mpumalanga in the Govan Mbeki Municipality especially in Mzinoni, in areas like O R Tambo, Chris Hani and a part of extension 23. Toilets are built in some of these areas but in other areas they have not yet been built. Therefore, I am requesting the hon Minister to intervene in this situation.
I am also informing you, hon Minister, that the same is happening in Mpumalanga in Dipaleseng, Siyathemba Municipality Extension 5 where RDP houses are being built now. People haven't moved in yet but the houses have cracks already. Site numbers 4595 and 4613 are affected by this. And there are some houses of which the doors open with difficulty, while the doors of others are cracked, and some where the roofing has been poorly constructed.
And as far as the issues of the Pedi in the Eastern Cape are concerned, I am requesting you to make a follow-up there too, hon Minister. Many houses there have been built with sub-standard building material. And they have used internal doors for external purposes - when it is raining these doors retain water. Some of these houses are not complete and the roofing too is either also not complete or it is poorly constructed.
There is a problem with the RDP houses in Limpopo Sekhukhune District in a place called Ga-Masiela. I am requesting you, hon Minister, to send an oversight team there to investigate because everything regarding those houses are skewed. Some have doors that are skewed, while others have skewed roofing. Those houses are not well constructed at all and they are also not up to standard. I am requesting the hon Minister to make a follow- up on that one too.
There is also a problem with all the houses around Stockport, especially in areas that are managed by platinum mines. All these places are affected by these problems and the residents complain about dust and there is also a housing shortage. Some houses crack when explosives are used in the mines. Therefore, hon Minister, I would like to say that, without any doubt, we fully support both budgets. Thank you.]