The NYDDA spent R2.66 million on one RDP house in Evaton West, Sedibeng.
Photo: DA Gauteng
NYDA spends R2.6m on one RDP house in Evaton West, Sedibeng
The NYDA reportedly spent R2.6 million on a RDP house which is incomplete and has cracked walls in Evaton West, Sedibeng.
The NYDDA spent R2.66 million on one RDP house in Evaton West, Sedibeng.
Photo: DA Gauteng
Gauteng Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) MEC, Lebogang Maile has revealed that the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) built one RDP house worth R2.6 million in Evaton West, Sedibeng in Gauteng.
The house reportedly has no tiles in some rooms and the walls are cracked.
NYDA SPLURGES R2.6 MILLION ON ONE RDP HOUSE
In a written response, Maile said the NYDA appointed a service provider to build an RDP house in Evaton West because they have a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Sedibeng District Municipality.
The project started in mid-March and was completed in mid-October, and they spent over R2.6 million.
According to the DA, the request for the building of the house was tabled in the Sedibeng Council on 11 December 2020, seeking Council approval to build a house in Evaton West.
This follows a letter written by a grade eleven girl from Evaton dated 10 October 2019 to the Sedibeng MMC for Health and Social Development requesting the extension of the RDP house because there are too many occupants, while her mother is ill and unemployed. However, we do not know what the outcome of the discussion was.
This week, the DA conducted an oversight inspection at the house and was disappointed and shocked to discover that there was no extension, however, there was an additional house that was built and left incomplete.
“There are no tiles in some of the rooms in the new house, and the walls have cracks. The house is not worth R2.6 million as the value of such a house is a mansion.”
DA
The party said it will be demanding to see a copy of the MOU between the NYDA and Sedibeng.
“The DA councillors in Sedibeng will request the MOU from the council and challenge the council to conduct an oversight inspection at the newly built house to determine whether there is value for the R2.6 million spent on it.
“This will allow us to ascertain what role, if any, the council played in building a new house and if the council had any oversight over the building of this new structure. If it is found that due processes were not followed, we will be demanding that immediate action be taken against the officials and politicians involved.”
DA
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