Minister hands over houses to military vets

Minister of Human Settlements Lindiwe Sisulu Picture: Phando Jikelo

Minister of Human Settlements Lindiwe Sisulu Picture: Phando Jikelo

Published Jul 19, 2017

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Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu handed over houses and interacted with the community members at the Chatty 491 Military Veterans Project in Port Elizabeth as part of spending 67 minutes in honour of Nelson Mandela.

“We specifically chose to hand over houses today to indicate to the veterans who have waited for so long to benefit, as it resonates with what they went through during the Struggle for our freedom,” said Sisulu.

Chatty 491 is part of Zanemvula Mega Project which involves the relocation of families from the Chatty River floodplain in Soweto-on-Sea and Veeplaas to the greenfield serviced sites of Chatty extensions (5, 12, 13 and 15) and Joe Slovo.

The project was established to address the sustainable human settlement needs of about 10 000 families.

One of the beneficiaries, Wandisile Ngada, 71, joined the Black Consciousness movement military wing (Azanla) in 1968.

“I was arrested in 1974, imprisoned at Brandvlei and released in 1981," he said. "When I came back home I could not get a job as I was unskilled and uneducated so I started a chicken-selling business.

"I am very happy to have received this house as it will help me, my wife and my six kids to have a decent shelter over our heads.”

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