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More than R300 Million set for informal settlements upgrade

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More than 25 000 Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality households are set to benefit from the implementation 141 human settlements projects after the NMBM secured R349 635 million from National government to upgrade informal settlements in the upcoming 2023- 2024 financial year.

The Informal Settlement Upgrading Partnership Grant (ISUPG) will be used for the installation of water, sanitation infrastructure and electrification of informal settlements.

This grant will benefit the 156 approved informal settlements across the metro. As per
the current business plan, 25 202 households are set to benefit.

NMBM Human Settlements Portfolio Head, Cllr Tukela Zumani said: “This project seeks to improve the livelihood of Nelson Mandela Bay residents living in informal settlements. The National Government, through the Division of Revenue Act, gazetted R349 635 million for our City for the upgrading of informal settlements for the year 2023-2024. The Human Rights package including sanitation, water, electricity which are compulsory. Electricity is optional depending on the availability of funds. Our business plan includes the security of tenure and formalization, be it settlement wide or functional and title deeds. Permanent infrastructure including land acquisition, bulk infrastructure, individual municipal engineering services and serviced sites.”

He added that social and economic amenities were included in the business plan following input from all relevant directorates.

“We shall be implementing community public meetings to consult with the affected communities in order to incorporate their input in our business plan before we submit to National Government in preparation for the release of the funds. We would like to encourage all residents in the affected areas to come out in numbers to engage with the Municipality and ensure their inputs are recorded so that they can enjoy the services they need. Public participation is a key factor in the process of finalising the business plan where councillors and communities will have a final opinion on the submission. We want the projects to run smoothly when the new financial year starts and we want to conduct thorough consultation in order to avoid protest action,” said MMC Zumani.

Public participation meetings will take place as follows:

Kariega Town Hall- 22 February 2023 (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53) Support Centre, Motherwell- 23 February 2023 (23, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
Nangoza Jebe Hall- 24 February 2023 (25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 33, 36)
Feather Market Reception- 27 February 2023 (7, 10, 11, 13, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 41, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 39, 40)
Nangoza Jebe Hall- 28 February 2023 (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 90, 20, 21, 22, 24).
The meetings will take place from 10am.

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