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Gugulethu backyarders fed up waiting for promised houses

Despite funding being secured and a contractor appointed, the housing project has stalled

The land earmarked for housing in NY126, Gugulethu in Cape Town has stood vacant for years. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana

A project to build 571 subsidised houses for Gugulethu backyarders was supposed to be completed in the 2023/24 financial year, but construction has still not begun.
Extortion rackets, threats of violence and delays in transferring the project from the Western Cape government to the City of Cape Town have held up construction.
Funding has been secured and a contractor appointed but it is unclear when construction will start.

Backyarders in Gugulethu, Cape Town have been waiting for years for the construction of 571 government houses on land in NY126 near the Luyolo Community Centre. The houses were meant to have been…

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