Sihlalo, ngemuva kokuhlala emtlhatlhaneni ongemuva kwendlu iminyaka engaphezu kwamatjhumi amathathu, uKkz. Harriet Mthembu oneminyaka ema-78 ungomunye wabantu abama-720 abangena endlini ezitja ze- RDP e-Pennyville eduze neSoweto. UKkz. Mthembu uthi besele alahlekelwe lithemba lokuthola indlu. Ngiyamdzubhula: "Akhenge ngikholwe iindlebe zami lokha abasebenzi bomNyango nabangidosela umrhala bangitjhela bonyana nginikelwe indlu e-Pennyville." Wangezelela ngokuthi: "Ngiyathaba ngombana emaswapheleni nginendawo ekungeyami."
IZamimpilo ingenye yamaProjekthi athuthukisa ukwakhiwa kwezindlu ezihlangene nokufaka ingeniso ethenjiswe muNyango wezeZindlu eGauteng neDorobho yeJwanasbhege. IProjekthi le ithome ngomnyaka ogadungileko begodu izokwakha izindlu ezi-2 800, eziyi-1 200 zazo zizokuba ngeze-RDP, ezima-800 ngezebhondi kuthi ezima-400 maflede wokuhlalisa abaqatjhi.
Ukuthuthukiswa kwe-Pennyville kukhambisana namano amatjha wokusebenza komNyango, anqophe ukutjhugulula ubujamo bokwakhiwa kwezindlu enarheni ngokuhlanganisa kanye nokubeka imiphakathi eendaweni eziseduze namathuba womnotho. (Translation of isiNdebele paragraphs follows.)
[Mr D C MABENA (ANC): Chairperson, after living in a shack behind a house for more than 30 years, Mrs Harriet Mthembu, who is 78 years old, is one of the 720 people who have received a new RDP house in Pennyville next to Soweto. Mrs Mthembu says that she had lost hope of getting a house. I quote: "I didn't believe it when I got a call from the department's officials saying that I had been allocated a house in Pennyville." She went on to say: "I am happy because in the end I have my own place." Zamimpilo is one of the projects that develops the building of integrated houses that will bring some form of income. These houses were promised by the Gauteng Department of Housing and the City of Johannesburg. This project started last year and 2 800 houses will be built, of which 1 200 will be RDP houses, 800 will be bond houses and 400 will be flats for tenants.
The development of Pennyville is in line with the new strategy of the department, whose aim is to change the system of building houses in this country, by integrating and placing communities in economically viable places.]
The ANC is committed to the realisation of the right of the people to be decently housed and to raise their families in comfort and security.
Ngiyathokoza. [Iwahlo.] [I thank you. [Applause.]]