Do squatter camps qualify as housing and is this what he was promising?
2006-10-04 08:08:59 · 9 answers · asked by Alf Garnett 3 in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ South Africa
Why should Mandela care about the rest of South Africa? That thug is comfortably settled in his palatial home in Houghton, so tin shanties are the last thing on his mind.
Interesting to read all these answers - if all these houses are being built, why are thousands of people living in tin shanties?
2006-10-04 09:43:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 7⤋
O they tried but in S A the masses aer masses and it keeps growing. Also the government rips people off and gets riped off.
In Cape Town There is a Block of flats that is built
, but no one can move in because the contractors are not getting paid. In Port Elizabeth the toilets only have been build, not the bathroom.
2006-10-05 17:05:59 · answer #2 · answered by alida b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not to sure of the figures but they have been building RDP houses since 1995 but as we all know it isn't enough and there are also some corrupt officials who sell these houses out.They are the one's who have been delaying this process.Did you watch Etv's 3rd Degree with Deborah Patta two weeks ago? This is what the agenda on the show was.Contact the department of Housing for concrete figures and facts.
2006-10-05 03:31:40 · answer #3 · answered by T.I 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was in South Africa 3 years ago and saw some of the "Free" houses in the Cambridge township outside East London. I was told (don't know how true it was or not) that families who'd lived in the shacks for X number of years were given the houses. Some, having been in the houses for a couple of months, decided they much preferred the shacks, sold their "free" houses and went back to their old way of life.
2006-10-05 05:50:27 · answer #4 · answered by HB 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They promised a million in a year, but only managed a few thousand. Every year another few thousand houses are built, no where near the figures the government is hoping for, but at least they are doing something.
2006-10-05 05:34:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anria A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not Much of it !, My friend lives near the beach in Capetown and its OK there, but travel a mile or two and you see people living in terrible conditions, so even a tiny fabricated house would be better than a tin hut sat in mud .
I Admire Mandela and think he just did not have the time in office to see his plans and idea's through, and his successors seem to think other matters are more important !!.
2006-10-04 15:23:38 · answer #6 · answered by Richard 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
"Home ownership in SA has increased from 64% (5,12m households) in 1994 to 78% (7,9m households) in 2004, according to a South African Advertising Research Foundation development index. Since 1994, 500 houses have been built each day for the poor"
2006-10-05 12:00:29 · answer #7 · answered by Malan 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Yes and no. A lot of the house are built very poorly, so bad that they start to fall apart before the people even move in. A lot of corruption is involved in this too.
2006-10-05 00:55:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
THOUSANDS of free houses were built. We do however still have a backlog, but they are developing very very fast.
2006-10-05 04:12:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋