Latest articles on Rdp Houses

We fail children living with disabilities

Article Vanessa Japtha - 6 Mar 2020

Despite commendable work and persistent battles, not enough is being done for these learners

Slice of life: How my mom taught me to save

Article Tshegofatso Mathe - 31 Jan 2020

In high school I used to be that guy who put together events such as the Valentine’s Day bash, as well...

No crèche or preschool for 1.1m children

Article Bongekile Macupe - 11 Oct 2019

Poverty means more than a million youngsters are missing out on the benefits of early learning

Dispute over the occupation of RDP houses

Article Nation Nyoka - 8 Oct 2019

Those involved in the distribution of government houses in Gauteng fear for their lives

Silver Town: The picture of devastation

Article Raeesa Pather - 26 Oct 2018

A single image of the aftermath of the blaze cannot tell the whole story

The essential key to SA’s liberation

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Aug 2018

As Mandela said, education is the most potent weapon we have to create a truly free and equal South Africa

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Land expropriation without compensation? On these conditions

Article Staff Reporter - 28 May 2018

If government can spend money on RDP houses, it makes sense to shift some of that money to setting up costs of protected environmental economic zones

Funding focus should be lower-cost urban housing

Article Sabelo Mtantato - 25 May 2018

Increasing housing delivery to address the demand is unlikely to be achieved any time soon given low economic growth and fiscal consolidation

Answer our dreams, Mr President

Article Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela - 23 Feb 2018

Cyril Ramaphosa has ushered in a new dawn but poverty and inequality trip up our hopes

Set South Africa’s RDP houses free

Article bogdan TagDiv - 2 Feb 2018

The state’s eight-year embargo on owners selling RDP houses hurts the poor and the economy

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The ANC will need to rise from the ashes

Article Staff Reporter - 2 Feb 2018

The tensions within the party itself must be overcome if it is to succeed in reinventing itself

East Rand RDP houses sold illegally

Article Sihle Manda - 26 May 2017

Ekurhuleni metro admits in court papers that there has been ‘corruption, fraud and/or bribery’

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How solving the Eldorado Park housing crisis could keep a family safe

Article Caroline Vakil & Govan Whittles - 10 May 2017

Gauteng human settlements MEC Paul Mashatile says preference for housing will be given to those who applied in 1994.

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The long wait for service delivery in Mabopane

Article Raeesa Pather - 4 Feb 2016

Gauteng Premier David Makhura has visited Tshwane’s townships to check on service delivery, in places where the acronym RDP means “we have to fix it”.

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Public service efficiency is key to a developmental state

Analysis bogdan TagDiv - 25 Sep 2015

The government isn't doing enough to meet its goals and constitutional responsibility to provide services "efficiently, effectively and economically".

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