The government restoration agenda from the unjust laws of the then apartheid government is on track as the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality continues to accelerate the handing over of title deeds to subsidy house beneficiaries across the Metro. On Thursday, 8 February 2024 the Metro handed out title deeds to beneficiaries of Ward 44 in Kariega kwaNobuhle.
The handover is part of a campaign that was launched by the Minister of Human Settlements, Mmamoloko Kubayi in October last year.
The objective of the campaigns is to make sure that all government housing beneficiaries receive their title deeds to confirm or prove the ownership of the property. This will not only bring dignity to the housing beneficiaries who never owned a formal property in the lives, it will go as far as securing a home for his or her children. This will also mitigate against corruption and mismanagement in the housing handover system whereby in the past houses were occupied by wrong persons.
The title deed handover project of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has committed to issue out title deed every week. More than 300 hundred title deeds are handed over each month. The Directorate has also embarked on an aggressive awareness campaign to make the public aware of the need and importance to collect the title deeds.
“Back then our grandparents didn’t have the ownership of the house, was unable to claim that they have a house. They could not produce anything to prove ownership of a house as the past government policies did not allow that for a black person. To us this is not just a paper, this is restoration of our dignity,” said Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements Councillor Thembinkosi Mafana.
One of the beneficiaries, Lubabalo Oliphant said he was delighted to finally receive his tittle deed.
“Before I got a house I was moving in and out of rental proprties without any security of tenure. Now that I have a shelter that belongs to me, my children will also benefit from it when I am no longer alive. They will have a place to stay and not end up to the streets or charity homes,” said Oliphant.
Ward Councillor Luzuko Ndamase said he was encouraging residents to respond in numbers when the Metro brings title deeds.
Beneficiaries do not have to wait for the Title Deed Handover events , they can collect their title deeds from the Human Settlements Directorate offices at Govan Mbeki Avenue. They must bring with them ID, Spouse ID and Marriage Certificate or letter of authority and Death Certificate if the owner is no longer alive.
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