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2010/08/31

K Lekgoro: Quarterly media briefing on Gauteng Local Government and Housing

Good Morning ladies and gentlemen.

I am here this morning to come and address you about the progress made by the department on the Programme of Action of the Gauteng Provincial Government. We have undertaken a number of programmes with the intention to provide sustainable human settlements for the people of Gauteng province. Various municipalities are in the process of selling their debt books to competent debt collectors to collect what is due to the municipality... [highlighted result]

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2010/08/13

K Lekgoro to launch housing project, 17 Aug

MEC Kgaogelo Lekgoro accompanied by the Mayor of Johannesburg Councilor Amos Masondo, Premier Nomvula Mokonyane and Minister Tokyo Sexwale will launch what is currently the biggest housing project in Gauteng. They will also hand over the completed houses to beneficiaries who have been patiently waiting for their turn to receive houses.

This event will take place as follows:

Date: Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Time: From ... [highlighted result]

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2010/07/20

K Lekgoro on attacks on foreign nationals in Khaya Sands

MEC Kgaogelo Lekgoro visited Khaya Sands following an outbreak of attacks on foreign nationals. We found that three shops were looted by criminals who are also targeting South African citizens said MEC Lekgoro. We urge community members to come forward with all the relevant information, said MEC Lekgoro. 
At the time of the MECs visit seven people were arrested and the police were still following leads for more people involved. [highlighted result]

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2010/07/16

K Lekgoro to renovate school toilets during Mandela Day, 18 Jul

MEC Kgaogelo Lekgoro will join the community of Katlehong when they renovate the school toilets which are in a shameful state of disarray. These toilets are a health hazard and put children to harm. We want to ensure that we honour the dignity of the Learners of Katlehong High. But we also want to hounor Former President Nelson Mandela s contribution through the betterment of facilities at Katlehong High said MEC Kgaogelo Lekgoro.The MEC will be doing manual labour with the community of ... [highlighted result]

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2010/06/08

K Lekgoro on visit to Cosmo City

MEC Kgaogelo Lekgoro has indicated that "Cosmo City, which is a success story, should be emulated for future development".This comes in the wake of his visit to construction sites around Cosmo City this morning."We intend to legislate the inclusionary housing policy, which would mean that future human settlement development will have to follow the model of Cosmo City."This is an area which over time has grown into an integrated community were up market housing ... [highlighted result]

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2010/06/08

K Lekgoro to assess construction progress at Cosmo City, 8 Jun

MEC Kgaogelo Lekgoro will visit Cosmo City as part of his scheduled visits to construction sites.He is expected to check progress on the latest developments taking place in Cosmo City. The visit is also aimed at identifying the integration of communities in Cosmo City.The Department of Local Government and Housing is preparing to legislate, the inclusionary housing policy, which was adopted by the Gauteng Executive Council.The legislation will make it compulsory for ... [highlighted result]

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2010/06/02

K Lekgoro on alleged housing payment scandal

The MEC for Local Government and Housing Kgaogelo Lekgoro has dismissed the report of the Star as baseless and without accuracy. All claims which do not meet the department s requirements are rejected and reprocessed upon resolution of the reason for the initial rejection, said MEC Lekgoro. In relation to FCI Build, the department is in possession of claims R1,9 million only. About R1,3 million of this amount paid from April this year is for Finetown, said MEC Lekgoro. We ... [highlighted result]

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2010/05/25

K Lekgoro: Gauteng Local Government and Housing Prov Budget Vote 2010/11

Strengthening a responsive, accountable, effective and efficient local government

Madam Speaker, you may be aware that recently as Gauteng we undertook a very extensive exercise of developing the state of local government report.

This was part of the national initiative headed by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in support of municipalities in South Africa.

Since the development of the State of Local Government Report in Gauteng, we have ... [highlighted result]

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2010/05/25

K Lekgoro on housing service delivery in Local Government and Housing budget vote

Gauteng MEC for Local Government and Housing Kgaogelo Lekgoro delivered the budget speech of the department highlighting important priorities of service delivery. This means we have created more than 42000 housing opportunities in Gauteng, said MEC Lekgoro. To accelerate human settlement development we have already started a process of reviewing existing public land. We are working in close cooperation with the Joburg Metro and the Sedibeng District Municipality, said MEC Lekgoro.[highlighted result]

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2010/05/25

K Lekgoro on Gauteng Local Government prov budget vote

This will be done working with all municipalities" said MEC Lekgoro."Since the development of the state of Local Government Report in Gauteng, we have adopted the Provincial Framework of the Local Government Turnaround strategy together with our municipalities. Currently Gauteng Municipalities are owed over R25 billion by households, business and government" said MEC Lekgoro."The Department has implemented a debt management and revenue enhancement programme to support ... [highlighted result]

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2010/05/24

K Lekgoro to table Gauteng Local Government and Housing budget vote, 25 May

How far is the formalisation of informal settlements? How much will go towards eradicating the living conditions like those found by President Jacob Zuma at Sweet-waters an informal Settlement South of Johannesburg?Find out when the MEC for Local Government and Housing Kgaogelo Lekgoro outlines a budget vote on the priorities of the department for the current financial year (2010/11). He is expected to speak about continuation of the hostel redevelopment programme, eradicating ... [highlighted result]

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2010/05/21

K Lekgoro to table Gauteng Local Government and Housing budget vote, 25 May

The MEC for Local Government and Housing Kgaogelo Lekgoro will outline a budget vote on the priorities of the department for the current financial year. He is expected to speak about continuation of the hostel redevelopment programme.The budget speech will be made as follows:
Date: 25 May 2010
Time: 10h00
Venue: Gauteng LegislatureFor more information please contact:
Fred Mokoko
Tel: 011 355 4013
Cell: 082 447 8407
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2010/05/16

K Lekgoro on Gauteng Local Government and Housing quarterly review meeting

MEC Lekgoro emphasised the need for the department to speed up allocation of houses to communities following a quarterly meeting held with senior management of the department. The department should be able to follow-up on every query regarding defected houses said MEC Lekgoro. All this work was done even in the presence of challenges of land, late connections of services, financial problems faced by government as well as some missing beneficiaries of the houses, said MEC Lekgoro. [highlighted result]

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2010/05/16

K Lekgoro on Gauteng Local Government and Housing quarterly review meeting

Allocate finished houses to people ! MEC Lekgoro emphasised the need for the department to speed up allocation of houses to communities following a quarterly meeting held with senior management of the department. The department has many unoccupied houses which opens us up to security and logistical problems. We also know that some houses have not been completed and compliance certificates have not been issued said MEC Lekgoro. The department should also be available ... [highlighted result]

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2010/05/11

K Lekgoro on housing protests at Impala Road

The Department of Local Government and Housing calls on communities to distance themselves from people who want to create confusion on housing matters. "We want to assure communities that the department is still committed to providing housing opportunities for the people even in the presence of challenges we face," said MEC Kgaogelo Lekgoro. "The officials from the department had several meetings with them, where they were informed that no one person or authority outside of ... [highlighted result]

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2010/05/11

K Lekgoro on housing protest at Impala Road

The Department of Local Government and Housing calls on communities to distance themselves from people who want to create confusion on housing matters."We want to assure communities that the department is still committed to providing housing opportunities for the people even in the presence of challenges we face," said MEC Kgaogelo Lekgoro.This call follows a protest at Impala Road west of Johannesburg."We are informed that the protest was called by a group calling ... [highlighted result]

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2010/04/22

K Lekgoro on human settlements social dialogue

Gauteng Local Government and Housing, MEC Kgaugelo Lekgoro, has called for a concerted effort from municipalities to involve communities in the development of human settlements in Gauteng.Speaking to delegates at two days provincial human settlement social dialogue attended by stakeholders in the construction industry in Boksburg today, Lekgoro emphasised that the recent service delivery protests and negative perceptions about lack of service delivery were, in most instances, caused... [highlighted result]

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2010/04/15

K Lekgoro: South African Local Government Association (SALGA) provincial members' assembly

They demand that municipalities should rethink their approach to service delivery, devise new methods and techniques in accelerating service delivery.Your role as SALGA, in as far as supporting municipalities in realising these priorities is also brought into question. As SALGA you are expected to make sure that you monitor the extent to which municipalities through their councillors are always at the service of their local communities.I also wish to commit my department to ... [highlighted result]

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2010/04/15

K Lekgoro: South African Local Government Association (SALGA) provincial members' assembly

We are here today to reaffirm our commitment as the provincial government that in the context of cooperative governance, working with SALGA-Gauteng we can shoulder the responsibility to make local government an embodiment of developmental aspirations of our local communities. The expectation is that SALGA, whose primary responsibility is to represent the interest of local government, must its role and claim its space as the organised formation of local government. The state of ... [highlighted result]

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2010/04/15

K Lekgoro on Local Government Turn Around Strategy (LGTAS)

MEC Kgaugelo Lekgoro on Thursday urged members of South African Local Government Association-Gauteng (SALGA) to engage on issues contained in the Local Government Turnaround Strategy (LGTAS) in order to make municipalities deliver services optimally.The MEC told delegates during the opening of a two-day SALGA's Gauteng sixth Provincial Members Assembly conference in Pretoria West that the success of the implementation of LGTAS was to create coherent and accountable local ... [highlighted result]

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