HALF BUILT: Residents in Port Elizabeth’s Red Location are up in arms because of housing issues. Nomazulu Mboxela, 82, is one of 34 people whose homes were demolished to make way for new houses Picture: EUGENE COETZEE
THE construction of RDP houses near Port Elizabeth’s Red Location Museum has ground to a complete halt.
The museum has been closed for almost two years because of protests over shoddily built RDP houses around it, as well as threats of violence against staff
The municipality eventually acceded to residents’ demands and R32-million was approved for 288 new houses last year.
But SMMEs in the area put a stop to construction on Monday, saying they were entitled to 25% of the project.
Ward 15 councillor Kholisile Frans said: “I tried to show them that closing the projects will not help and it is not the right thing to do. We agreed that the projects should continue.”
-Yoliswa Sobuwa
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