It would eventually cost R11 billion to develop District Six, of which R2.4 billion will be needed to provide housing for the under 1 000 claimants.
Cape Town - It would eventually cost R11 billion to develop District Six, of which R2.4 billion will be needed to provide housing for the just fewer than 1 000 remaining claimants.
“The department does not have these funds available and hence the need for a workable, sustainable and agreed holistic plan. This process is long and cumbersome but is extremely important in ensuring proper planning,” Mashabane stated in her affidavit. “Currently the size that claimants prefer is in excess of the three-bedroom, 90m2 units provided in pilot phase 3. These units cost more than R1.5 million to construct,” she said, adding that this was unaffordable and unsustainable.
In a far-reaching judgment, ahead of Human Rights Day, Judge Jody Kollapen granted the claimants a declaratory order, forcing the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform to make good on its promise of restitution. Kollapen ordered the state to pay the costs of the application and the claimants’ lawyers.
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