Mayor blasts housing graft

REPORTING BACK: Mayor Danny Jordaan addresses a feedback session at a packed Henry Fazzie Community Hall in KwaDwesi

Jordaan urges residents to help root out corruption in allocation of RDP homes

AS the building, fixing and allocation of RDP houses took centre stage again at mayoral feedback meetings in some of Nelson Mandela Bay’s townships, mayor Danny Jordaan blasted corruption in housing and urged residents to help root it out.

Addressing a capacity-filled Henry Fazzie Community Hall in KwaDwesi last week, Jordaan spoke of rampant corruption in housing allocation, saying those occupying houses not due to them would be thrown out.

“One of the things that we must fix in this metro, in housing in particular, is the fact that there is corruption in housing allocation [and] beneficiary lists. And you must help us [and] not to be part of that,” he said.

“That you know that the house has been allocated to this person, whether it’s Mrs Majola, but when the house is finished, Mr Njoli walks in . . .

“We are going to take you out and throw you out the house and put the proper person in, and you must help us. When you see the wrong people moving into the house, phone us and say ‘this person is not supposed to be here’.

“Then we will have justice in our housing department. Don’t be part of the problem, be part of the solution. Then we will work with you to solve the housing problem.”

However, resident Brenda Nosilela, of Ward 36’s Xundu Village, suggested that throwing people out could be difficult as some had used money to make structural changes.

“These people came from other areas, where they have houses. Now we are seeing that these people are extending and improving these homes that aren’t theirs,” she said.

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